Federal Recognition for Chickamauga Cherokee, Indian Creek Tribe
We, the Indian Creek Tribe, respectfully request signatures from the public to inspire Congressman Mica to support our bid for Federal Recognition. The Indian Creek Tribe Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee, Inc. have for too long been denied their proper place as the keepers of the history for their people. Federal Recognition of the Chickamauga Cherokee is long over due and it is time we receive proper recognition of our heritage and identity. We deserve to stand with the other Native American communities as a Federally Recognized Tribe.
We, the Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe, turn to the public and ask your help to reach our huge goal of 5,000 signatures.
We are the Wolf Teaching Council for the Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe; our home office is in Deltona Florida. Chief Old Billy Bowleggs, designated the Indian Creek Tribe as the keepers of the history for all Chickamauga Cherokee. Our tribe has been creating historically accurate educational programs for many years in both Alabama and Florida. We educate children and adults through school programs, tribal newsletters, public demonstrations, books and story fires that detail the telling of historical actions of this great nation while documenting the unique events pertaining to our people and the United States Government.
In the aftermath of the French and Indian War part of France's Louisiana Territory, east of the Mississippi, went to the British along with Canada, while Louisiana west of the Mississippi went to Spain in exchange for Florida going to Britain. Mindful of the recent war, the British government prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, laying the foundation of one of the major irritants leading to the Revolution. "We had hoped the white men would not be willing to travel beyond the mountains. Now that hope is gone. They have passed the mountains, and have settled upon Cherokee land. They wish to have that usurpation sanctioned by treaty. When that is gained, the same encroaching spirit will lead them upon other land of the Cherokees. New cessions will be asked. Finally the whole country, which the Cherokees and their fathers have so long occupied, will be demanded, and the remnant of the Ani-Yunwiya, 'The Real People', once so great and formidable, will be compelled to seek refuge in some distant wilderness. Should we not therefore run all risks, and incur all consequences, rather than submit to further laceration of our country" Dragging Canoe Sycamore Shoals March 1775.
Our history is well known as the descendants of Dragging Canoe's warriors. Dragging Canoe (c. 1738- March 1, 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. He is considered by many to be the most significant leader of the Southeast, and provided an important role model for the younger Tecumseh, a Shawnee who would later join forces with the British in the war of 1812. The Chickamauga fought alongside the British in the American Revolution along with Indians from a number of other tribes and with support, at various times, from the French and the Spanish. We suffered and left hearts on the ground during the founding of America. We have a proud history connected to this country yet we are not federally recognized.
By signing our petition you will encourage Congressman Mica to support our bid for federal recognition and you will also be offering support in our effort to fulfill our destiny as the keepers of the history for all the Chickamauga Cherokee. We have no desire for a Casino; our people are the keepers of the history for all the Chickamauga Cherokee, if Federally recognized we would build a museum that would be open to the public so we can share our history with the public.
Our people respectfully request support from the public to inspire Congressman Mica to support our bid for Federal Recognition.Please lend your support to our cause
Wado
Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe.
We, the Indian Creek Tribe, respectfully request signatures from the public to inspire Congressman Mica to support our bid for Federal Recognition. The Indian Creek Tribe Chickamauga Creek & Cherokee, Inc. have for too long been denied their proper place as the keepers of the history for their people. Federal Recognition of the Chickamauga Cherokee is long over due and it is time we receive proper recognition of our heritage and identity. We deserve to stand with the other Native American communities as a Federally Recognized Tribe.
We, the Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe, turn to the public and ask your help to reach our huge goal of 5,000 signatures.
We are the Wolf Teaching Council for the Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe; our home office is in Deltona Florida. Chief Old Billy Bowleggs, designated the Indian Creek Tribe as the keepers of the history for all Chickamauga Cherokee. Our tribe has been creating historically accurate educational programs for many years in both Alabama and Florida. We educate children and adults through school programs, tribal newsletters, public demonstrations, books and story fires that detail the telling of historical actions of this great nation while documenting the unique events pertaining to our people and the United States Government.
In the aftermath of the French and Indian War part of France's Louisiana Territory, east of the Mississippi, went to the British along with Canada, while Louisiana west of the Mississippi went to Spain in exchange for Florida going to Britain. Mindful of the recent war, the British government prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, laying the foundation of one of the major irritants leading to the Revolution. "We had hoped the white men would not be willing to travel beyond the mountains. Now that hope is gone. They have passed the mountains, and have settled upon Cherokee land. They wish to have that usurpation sanctioned by treaty. When that is gained, the same encroaching spirit will lead them upon other land of the Cherokees. New cessions will be asked. Finally the whole country, which the Cherokees and their fathers have so long occupied, will be demanded, and the remnant of the Ani-Yunwiya, 'The Real People', once so great and formidable, will be compelled to seek refuge in some distant wilderness. Should we not therefore run all risks, and incur all consequences, rather than submit to further laceration of our country" Dragging Canoe Sycamore Shoals March 1775.
Our history is well known as the descendants of Dragging Canoe's warriors. Dragging Canoe (c. 1738- March 1, 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. He is considered by many to be the most significant leader of the Southeast, and provided an important role model for the younger Tecumseh, a Shawnee who would later join forces with the British in the war of 1812. The Chickamauga fought alongside the British in the American Revolution along with Indians from a number of other tribes and with support, at various times, from the French and the Spanish. We suffered and left hearts on the ground during the founding of America. We have a proud history connected to this country yet we are not federally recognized.
By signing our petition you will encourage Congressman Mica to support our bid for federal recognition and you will also be offering support in our effort to fulfill our destiny as the keepers of the history for all the Chickamauga Cherokee. We have no desire for a Casino; our people are the keepers of the history for all the Chickamauga Cherokee, if Federally recognized we would build a museum that would be open to the public so we can share our history with the public.
Our people respectfully request support from the public to inspire Congressman Mica to support our bid for Federal Recognition.Please lend your support to our cause
Wado
Chickamauga Cherokee Indian Creek Tribe.
Report abuse I support the Petition #278 and respectfully ask for carefuly and purposeful consideration of the desire of the tribe to gain Federal recognition.
Report abuse I appreciate your quest to validate this Indian tribe. I am on a personal quest to prove that some of my ancestors were Indian. It has been difficult to locate the tribe that they came from. Thank you so much for your diligence in this matter.
Report abuse I am in the process of researching my heritage; I have been told that I am a decendant of this tribe. My father was proud when he told me, if it made him proud then I am proud.
Report abuse There are many of us who are of significant Cherokee blood who have never aspired to have cards or live on a reservation because our grandparents experienced persecution and ridicule for being of native american Indian blood. Nevertheless those of our people who do should not be denied their rights and privileges. I am Cherokee and proud of it.
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9:06 am PDT, Oct 24,
Chief Daniel Little Wolf, Tennessee
Report abuse The Chickamauga are descendants of my Welsh ancestor Prince Madog who colonized America in 1170 (320 years before Columbus) with his original settlement near the Mad Dog River (Mobile). They ascended the Alambama, Tennessee and Hiawasse Rivers and built the mysterious stone forts in that region. They are the Welsh or White Indians of Cherokee legend, which is the original (half breed) Chicakamaugan of Governor Sevier's campaigns against the southeastern tribes. The tribe eventually became identified as The Paducah (followers of Madog) who also became known as the Comanche and the Mandan tribes.. |
Report abuse Throughout the history of the US the Tribes of the Native Americans have see reticule, persecution and extinction. Chickamauga Cherokee are a tribe that has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years. Federal recognition of this tribe would validate that the Chickamauga Cherokee are in fact a tribe/nation of people. Please don’t let this tribe become extinct the way other tribes have.
Report abuse It is with deep gratitude and appreciation that my ancestors and kindred descendents can be finally and fully recognized with the formality warranted.
Report abuse It is time for all Cherokee's to be recognized no matter what, either you are or your not
Report abuse This is an important step in acknowledging our contribution to the history of this land, the U.S. We were her people long before she was settled by Europeans.
Report abuse Its time the United States of America stop trying to control what we as true americans have always known to be true is that We are the people, first people, we know who we are, only until the government stepped in to organize the "indians" did they destroy whole tribes. Leave us alone. Good luck in getting all your signatures. Janice "Athabascan"
Report abuse American Indians are fading fast, lineages disappearing, bloodlines dissolving, heritage and culture swept away. Please help the us to have a voice.
Report abuse having such a prominent part in colonial history, the Chickamaugas are an intentionally forgotten faction of the Cherokee.
Report abuse All Chickamauga Cherokee Bands should be recognized by the Federal Government because we seceded away from the other Cherokee bands at Sycamore Shoals to be the only Cherokee remaining east of the Mississippi River to demand and fight for our indepedence from the American Government with the exception of the Seminoles of Osceola which contained remnants of our warriors. Our land was stolen and we were left to survive the best we could with bullseyes on our backs for any American to shoot and kill like wild game without any legal protection until we were herded like cattle and forced marched to a land that was not ours!
Report abuse I was not allowed to know that I was Chickamauga until I was 44 years old and after my parents died. That is a shame. I don't anyone to trace my heritage with in a formal setting.
Report abuse In the early 1900's, some of our ancestors would not admit to being of American Indian descent due to the treatment they would have received. It is time we can become federally recognized to make up for the lost time.
Report abuse It is American and honorable the United States officially recognizes the Chicamauga Cherokee Indian Tribe, who are the descendants of America's First Nation. Fred W. Gabourie, (Sr.)
Report abuse I am of Chickamauga Cherokee lineage (Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri), and I would like to see the tribe receive Federal recognition.
Report abuse I firmly support the Rights of the Chickamauga Tribe and like my Sons, Talmadge and Bobby Davis, and my other son, James ,will be notified also; wish to see these God- Given Rights, established and give back the Pride and Dignity, the Chickamauga,deserve.
Report abuse Being from Creek ancestry, I am so encouraged by this historical undertaking. Many minorities have a written history and we Indians have a long way to go due to the white mans destruction of our ways. Thank you for your vote!
