Attakullakulla has had enough. The rights of the children of Chickamauga men and white women are equal to the children of Chickamauga women and white men – being equal to all the immunities and privileges enjoyed by the citizen descending from the Chickamauga of the Muskogeans and Mobillians.
Bloody Fellow has had enough. We have no inclination to leave the country of my birth. Even should the habits and customs of the Indians give place to the habits and customs of the whites or even should they, themselves become white by intermarriage, not a drop of Indian blood would be lost. It would spread more widely, not lost.
The Chickamauga have had enough. Our history has been purged or rewritten to devalue our identity. US War Department Records, Sept. 13, 1792, John Sevier to Gov. William Blount notification -Divide in Cherokee Nation, Five Lower Towns (Chickamauga) declare war. George Washington’s Fourth Annual Message to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792 – Chickamauga inhabiting five lower towns.
Oconostota wanted the destruction of the Chickamauga people. Nancy Ward informed the militia where the Chickamauga towns were to their demise. Old Tassel wanted to destroy the Chickamauga. Little Turkey informed the militias where the lower town villages were located to have the Chickamauga annihilated.
George Rodger Clark attacked Chickamauga villages in Indiana. There is documentation of Chickamauga at Dardanelle Rock, Arkansas. The Chickamauga are documented in Texas. From our separation in 1776 by Dragging Canoe hitting the War Pole to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 recognizing us shows our recognition. Enough said.
The Treaty of 1785, November 28, 1785, [Art.3]: The said Indians for themselves and their respective tribes and towns do acknowledge all the Cherokee to be under the protection of the United States of America and no other sovereign whosoever. In 1999, the US Supreme Court ruled “We interpret Indian treaties to give effect to the terms as the Indians themselves would understand them interpreting them liberally in favor of the Indians.”
Where is that protection in the Treaty of 1785 acknowledging all the Cherokee? The ‘all the Cherokee’ have had enough. It is not appropriate to terminate the citizenship right unless a crime is committed. The Chickamauga have not been terminated by any sitting US President or Congress. Enough said.
I define recognition bestowed in 1785 “tribes and towns of all the Cherokee” as understood in [Art. 3] with the Supreme Court ruling of 1999. We have our federal recognition.
The Chickamauga are Federally Recognized.
Attakullakulla’s Ghost
(C) This document was produced at the request of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 18, 2019, to document the History, Anthropology, Culture, Religion, and Archaeology of The Chickamauga Nation.