Record #:

15340

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

Prohibition extended unfairly to members of the Cherokee nation in the 1930s. Cultural biases and stereotypes about Native American inability to handle alcohol perpetuated strict prohibition enforcement on western North Carolina's Native American reservations. Under section 2139 of the Revised Statutes of the United States established in 1832, supplying Native Americans with liquor came with a two year prison sentence and $300 fine.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 29, Dec 1937, p9, il

Subject(s):

Prohibition