The Harvest Institute Freedman Federation

The Harvest Institute formed an organization in partnership with the 
Black Indians United Legal Defense and Education Fund, to pursue

common legal issues. 

January 29, 2007 News Advisory
The Harvest Institute Freedman Federation 
SEEKS TREATY BENEFITS FOR BLACK INDIANS AND FREEDMEN

February 1,, 2007 Immediate Press Release

Dr. Claud Anderson, president of the Harvest Institute Freedmen Federation (HIFF) announced that it has filed a Complaint in the United States Federal Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. against the United States Department of Interior and its Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) seeking legal redress and civil and property rights for the descendants of Black Indians and Black Freedmen