OSIYO & WA-DO,
ALL AMERICANS,
AS A TRIBAL MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATION OF KENTUCKY, I AM PREVILIGED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THESE HARD WORKING AMERICAN INDIANS & WHY, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR  SIGNATURE & HELP IN THIS LONG SOUGHT AFTER ENDEAVOR.
OUR TRIBE'S 'PROVEN' EXISTANCE IS OVER 140 YEARS. WE KNOW FROM PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST'SIT IS 1000'S OF YEARS & YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND AND READ THESE PROFESSIONAL, NOTORIZED STATEMENTS, HTTP://SOUTHERNCHEROKEENATION.NET THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FIRST SIGNED A STATE RECOGNITION DOCUMENT OF OUR TRIBE IN 1893, BY GOVERNOR JOHN YOUNG BROWN. WHEN OUR WEBSITE HTTP://SOUTHERNCHEROKEENATION.NET HIT THE INTERNET, ALONG WITH THE DOCUMENT FROM GOVERNOR JOHN YOUNG BROWN FROM 1893 MANY SCOFFED AND CALLED US LIARS. IT WAS AN OLD DOCUEMNT, OLD WRITING, BUT, IT IS REAL. OUR HONORED CHIEF 'MANFOX' SHOWED THE 1893 STATE RECOGNITION DOCUMENT TO THE PRESENT GOVERNOR ERNIE FLETCHER, IMMEDIATELY THE GOVERNOR, WITH 2006 PAPER & WORDING RE-AFFIRMED GOVERNOR JOHN YOUNG BROWNS FIRST STATE RECOGNITION. NOW WE HAVE BEEN STATE RECOGNIZED FOR 104 YEARS.
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS CAME TO OUR TRIBAL LAND. OUR HONORD 'CHIEF 'MANFOX' PREPARED OUR DOCUMENTS, PRESENTED THEM TO THE BUREAU MEMBERS WHO CAME FROM WASHINGTON, EACH & EVERY DOCUMENT WAS APPROVED. WE REC'D OUR REGISTRATION NUMBER. THAT NUMBER SIMPLY MEANS, THEY USE THE NUMBER, WHILE 'CHECKING OUR TRIBE, FOR ETHICS, CREDIBILITY, ETC.'.  I WAS TOLD BY OUR TRIBAL LEADERS, IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE 25 MONTHS, AND THEN THE BIA CAN TELL US ..NO!!!! IT CAN TAKE UP TO 30 YEARS AS WELL. WOULD  OTHER ETHNIC GROUP IN AMERICA HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG FOR ANYTHING. DO NOT CONSIDER THAT WHINING, IT IS JUST A FACT.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT CASINO'S OUR CHIEF, SAID 'ABSOLUTEY NOT'. WE CARRY OUR ANCESTOR'S BLOOD THAT IS OUR GIFT. ANYTHING 'GIFTED' TO US AS AMERICAN INDIAN'S IS BECAUSE OF ANCESTOR'S, NOT US. WE CAN NEVER STAND IN THEIR PLACE AND SAY 'WE DESERVE' AND THIS GREAT AMERICA WILL NEVER HEAR A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATION OF KENTUCKY SPEAK THOSE WORDS. WE RECEIVED THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL 'INDIAN BLOOD'.
OUR HONORED CHIEF 'MANFOX' SERVES ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION AS VICE CHAIRMAN. HE WORKS WHENEVER HE IS ASKED, & WHENEVER HE CAN VOLUNTEER, FOR THE COMMANWEALTH OF KENTUCKY TO PRESERVE & TEACH! HE HAS TAUGHT US WELL, & CONTINES TO TEACH. HE ALSO WORKS LIKE A FULL TIME JOB LIKE MANY AMERICANS. WE EXPECT NOTHING FOR OURSELVES, FOR WE DESERVE NOTHING. OUR ANCESOR'S WANT US TO HELP ALL AMERICAN INDIAN'S. AND WE HELP NOW, WITH NO RESOURCES, JUST, MEMBERS WORKING WITH CHIEF'S HELP AND INSTRUCTION.

SOMETIME AGO AN ELDERLY MEMBER FOUGHT HIS WAY TO HIS HOME STATE OF ILLNOIS LEGISLATURE AND WORKED UNTIL THEY PASSED AMERICAN "INDIAN DAY" NO POWER, NO FORCE, NO HELP. A 79 YEAR OLD AMERICAN INDIAN, HELPING ALL AMERICAN INDIANS IN HIS HOME STATE.
THEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, RESIDING IN TENNESSE AND SCHEDULED FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY FIRST OF JUNE, CONTACTED THE GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, AND WORKED UNTIL HE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR "AMERICAN INDIAN DAY" IN TENNESSEE.
ANOTHER MEMBER IS WORKING IN ARKANSAS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN DAY THERE, IT IS SOON TO ARRIVE.
ANOTHER MEMBER IS WORKING IN ALABAMA.
ANOTHER IS WORKING IN TEXAS WITH THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND STATE LEGISLATORS, SHE IS MOST TIME IN A WHEEL CHAIR.

OUR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE NATION OF KENTUCKY REC'D A LETTER THIS 3RD WEEK OF APRIL 2007, STATING THAT OUR AMERICAN INDIAN DAY, WAS NEAR TO PASSING IN THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.

DO WE WORK OR SIT BACK AND WHINE? IS IT ALL FOR US? ARE WE HELPING ALL NATIVE AMERICANS, AMERICAN INDIAN'S?

WE DO ALL THIS WORK, AS MEMBERS, IN ALL THESE STATES FOR ALL INDIAN'S. WE COULD JUST AS EASILY SIT BACK, DO THINGS IN KENTUCKY AND FORGET IT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MEMBERS SCATTERED ALL OVER THIS GREAT COUNTRY, AND WE WILL WORK UNTIL WE HAVE AMERICAN INDIAN DAY, IN EACH STATE. WHY? WE CARE. DO WE MAKE MONEY FROM IT? ""NO""

WITH LOVE AND HAVE SPIRIT FOR ALL ETHNIC GROUPS, WE PLEAD WITH YOU TO STEP FORWARD, AND HELP OUR SMALL TRIBE GAIN FEDERAL RECOGNITION. IN SO DOING YOU WILL BE HELPING US OPEN SO MANY DOORS, TO HELP SO MANY MANY MANY HUMAN BEINGS.

WA-DO [THANKS]
SMOKE & PRAYERS
NO MOCCASIN WOMAN