Be Informed by this Service of Notice to the US House, US Senate, President, and Secretary of Interior
The following Letter was sent by Certified US Mail on June 9, 2025. As of Press Time, more than half have been delivered with many others which were attempted to be delivered, were not able to be delivered for some reason and are at the Post Office awaiting pickup by the Addressed.
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By Line: The Chickamauga Nation Office of the National Chiefs' Council
June 21, 2025
THE CHICKAMAUGA NATION
Office of the National Chiefs’ Council
June 9, 2025
Honorable
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP
Re: Declaration of Service of Notice by The Chickamauga Nation
This declaration shall serve as notice of the intent of The Chickamauga Nation, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe which has not been placed on the List of Federally Recognized Indian Tribes, to inform the President of the United States, Senate of the United States, House of Representatives of the United States, Secretary of the Department of the Interior of the United States, governor of the state of Oklahoma and its citizens, governor of the state of Arkansas and its citizens, and the governors of all of the states in which we retain jurisdiction in accordance with McGirt v. Oklahoma, that we shall enforce our Treaty Rights guaranteed to us as the Supreme Law of the Land as enumerated in 7 Stat 18, 7 Stat 39, 7 Stat 42, 7 Stat 43, 7 Stat 62, 7 Stat 288, 7 Stat 93, 7 Stat 95, 7 Stat 101, 7 Stat 103, 7 Stat 138, 7 Stat 139, 7 Stat 148, 7 Stat 156, 7 Stat 195, 7 Stat 311, 7 Stat 413, 7 Stat 414, 7 Stat 474, and 7 Stat 478 as well as the Land Patent issued to us on December 31, 1838—additionally, the enforcement of all rights granted to Tribes by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: 7 Stat 311 identifies the Lower Town Chickamauga, called the Western Cherokee, as Indians. The Congress, the President of the United States, the Department of the Interior, and its Secretary have refused to place The Chickamauga Nation on the List of Federally Recognized Tribes, violating established federal law and Supreme Court rulings.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: The United States military abrogated the Treaty Rights of The Chickamauga Nation beginning on June 22, 1839 and in violation of existing Treaties, illegally gave our government and lands guaranteed to us by 7 Stat 311, 7 Stat 413, 7 Stat 414, 7 Stat 474, and 7 Stat 478 as well as a Land Patent issued to us on December 31, 1838 for 14,374, 135 acres for lands included in the above mentioned treaties all done without the expressed will of the Congress of the United States but that the Congress of the United States has become duplicitous in the abrogation of the said treaties.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: The illegal “Act of Union” perpetrated by the John Ross Party of the Cherokee Nation against the Lower Town Chickamauga, called the Western Cherokee, was never authorized by an Act of the Congress of the United States.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: When a United States Treaty is abrogated, the abrogation of such a treaty requires the reversion to the previous treaty in the line of treaties if such exist. Therefore, the abrogation of 7 Stat 311, 7 Stat 413, 7 Stat 414, 7 Stat 474, and 7 Stat 478 as well as a Land Patent issued to us on December 31, 1838 must revert to the previous treaty which is 7 Stat 156 and the lands promised to the Lower Town Chickamauga called the Western Cherokee by Thomas Jefferson in 1809 and James Monroe in 1824.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: The 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma decision of the United States Supreme Court that the lands guaranteed to the Tribe in Treaties and lands promised by the President of the United States are under the tribe's jurisdiction. While we are currently discussing the Treaties after 1817, these treaties shall not be considered the only treaties and lands over which we retain jurisdiction, including lands east of the Mississippi River, which shall likewise fall under the McGirt decision.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: 7 Stat 18, 7 Stat 39, 7 Stat 478, and 7 Stat 311 clearly state that we are under the protection of the United States and guarantees “protection from domestic strife and foreign enemies” and “never embarrassed by having around it the lines, or placed over it the jurisdiction of a Territory or State.” Therefore, we expect the United States military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to protect us and our guaranteed legal rights to enforce our jurisdiction in all lands under our jurisdiction in accordance with established Treaties, both East and West of the Mississippi River.
Be Informed by this Service of Notice: The Chickamauga Nation, therefore, shall immediately resume its jurisdiction over the lands where its reservations existed in all treaties we signed, including the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, or both, in accordance with McGirt.
Most Sincerely,
Antler Chief on Behalf of the National Chiefs’ Council
The National Chiefs’ Council of The Chickamauga Nation:
Central Treaty Region Medal Chief Chuck Allen
South Treaty Region Medal Chief Richard Botts
West Treaty Region Medal Chief Justin Flanagan
Commerce and Finance Medal Chief Tim Kersey
Antler Chief Jimmie W. Kersh
North Treaty Region Medal Chief Betty Williams
Southwest Treaty Region Medal Chief John Stephenson
War Medal Chief Dr. Christopher Spruell
Grandmothers’ Council Representative, Dr. Michelle Spruell
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