CHEROKEE INDIANS

THESE PEOPLE WERE DESCENDED FROM MEMBERS OF THE OLD CHEROKEE WHO RELOCATED TO TO THE SOUTHEAST AND CHEROKEE WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND CHEROKEE WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS.. THE TRIBE ALSO INCUDES CHEROKEE FREEDOM AND DESCENDANTS OF THE NATCHEZ NATION. OVER 290,000 PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED IN THE CHEROKEE NATION WITH 180,000 ENROLLED IN OKLAHOMA.

THIS CHEROKEE TRIBE IS NOT THE HISTORICAL TRIBE BUT A SUCCESSOR. THEY ARE LOCATED IN TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA, AND SPAN 14 COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT LED BY A PRINCIPAL CHIEF. THEY HAVE TWO TRIBAL CHIEFS. THEY HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESSES OPERATED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION.

THE CURTIS ACT OF 1898, ALMOST DISSOLVED THE CHEROKEE NATION GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE WAY FOR INCORPORATING THE INDIAN TERRITORY INTO THE NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA. BY 1906 THE GOVERNMENT APPOINTED THE CHIEFS TO THE CHEROKEE NATION. THE NATION RECOGNIZED THAT IT NEEDED LEADERSHIP. THEY ELECTED A CHIEF. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CONFIRMED THE ELECTION IN 1941. W KEELER WAS CHIEF IN 1949 AND THEY REBUILT THEIR GOVERNMENT. THEY BUILT CASINOS, THEY BUILT VARIOUS BUSINESSES, THEY BUILT HEALTH CLINICS, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND UNIVERSITIES. THOUSANDS WORKED AS CONTRACTORS FOR DEFENSE DEPARTMENTS.. THEY BUILT A CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER. MANY GROUPS HAVE SOUGHT RECOGNITION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THERE ARE ONLY THREE GROUPS SO RECOGNIZED. THE CHEROKEE SPOKESMAN HAS SET UP THE CHEROKEE HERITAGE GROUPS. PRIOR TO 75 TEXAS CHEROKEES WERE PART OF THE CHEROKEE NATION. FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CONSTITUTION. IN 1975, THE CHEROKEE DESCENDANTS WERE EXCLUDED FROM CITIZEN SHIP. THEIR ANCESTORS WERE NOT RECORDED ON THE ROLES. TODAY ABOUT 800 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GAIN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AS CHEROKEE AND THEY LIVE IN TEXAS.

ON APRIL 2008 THE COUNCILS OF CHEROKEE NATION PASSED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING FABRICATED AND DENOUNCED FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF THIS. SO CALLED CHEROKEE TRIBES. THERE IS NO PUBLIC FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF NO FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF CHEROKEE TRIBES. THE NATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE EXISTENCE OF CHEROKEE DESCENT IN ARKANSAS, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI AND OTHER STATES. THEY ARE CHEROKEE BY BLOOD BUT NOT MEMBERS OF THE CHEROKEE NATION.

TODAY THE CHEROKEE NATION IS 1 OF THE U S LEADING GROUPS FOR ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION. THEY PARTICIPATE IN MANY JOINT PROGRAMS WITH THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. IT ALSO PARTICIPATES IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. IT ALSO PARTICIPATES IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND ADDRESSES VARIOUS ISSUES.


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