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Last Update 2/1/10
January 7, 2010
The Cherokee March on Washington D.C. was rescheduled because of a time conflict with the permit that was issued, instead of June 14th it well now be held on August 18th.
The Green Dot for Earth and the Cherokee Freedom march on Washington D.C. is set for Flag Day, August 18, 2010, 9:30am at the Lincoln Memorial. We invite all Black Cherokees, all Mixed Blood Cherokees, all Cherokees who have been denied their rights by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, all College Kids and anyone that supports our efforts to regain our Freedom of speech and Freedom to say we are Cherokee because for too long now we have been shoved around by the Federal Recognized Cherokees when we have as much right to be recognized as any of our brothers and sisters in Oklahoma. Because we stayed to fight for our homelands when many of the Cherokee citizens broke their own laws by selling the land fraudulently to the United States of America we march to regain our dignity as Cherokee and Chickamauga Cherokee. It is very important that you join with us if you care about your future and the future of your children that will come after you.
On August 18th the Indian Creek Band Chickamauga Cherokee Inc. (www.chickamaugacherokee.org) in conjunction with the Green Dot for Earth (www.greendotforearth.org) will be having a gathering at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool Area beginning at 9:30am in Washington DC to draw attention to the fact that many
Mixed-blood Cherokees and the Cherokee Freedmen have been denied our rights and freedoms by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. The CNO continually denies that many of us even exist by saying that ALL Cherokees walked the Trail of Tears during the forced removal of our people by the United States Government. Even history proclaims that many Cherokees hid in the mountains and valleys to escape that dreadful time in our history as a race of people. During this period many tribes joined together forming the Chickamauga Confederacy such as the Shawnee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee in an attempt to regain the lands that were sold by a few Cherokee citizens who did not have the authority to do so. At that time there was a law amongst the Cherokee that if one sold land to the whites that it was punishable by death and even that law was carried out when members of the Ridge Family were killed for what they had done. We are not trying to usurp any of the funding that currently is given to the three recognized tribes of the Cherokee, but we are after the Recognition that is due us and that is to say that we are Cherokee the same as any Cherokee that currently lives on any reservation or is a member of any Federal Recognized Tribe. We have been ostracized by those tribes because we fought on for what was taken from us and now the CNO would attempt to strip us of even being able to say that we are Cherokee when may of us have more of that same Blood flowing through our veins than some of those that are on the Rolls that the BIA goes by. I am not saying that anyone having ¼ Indian Blood is anymore Indian that someone who only has 1/8 Indian Blood, but I do believe just as Dragging Canoe said, ‘That if you have one drop of Cherokee Blood, then you are Cherokee through and through. My skin may be lighter than yours, but remember many passed for white people following the Trail of Tears, and many hid the fact that they were Cherokee descendants because of fear of retribution by the government who would have taken everything they possessed if it had been discovered. That is why that only now many families are finally admitting that they have Cherokee blood in their family.
The tentative schedule for August 18th is: The Shaman will bless the grounds; arrival of Dignitaries will be between 9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m., followed by speeches, dancing and music, with speeches and closing comments between 2 and 3p.m.
If you desire more information on this march, please contact Deer Clan Mother Jeanie McKillip at no_moccasin_woman@yahoo.comor Director Terry Nichols of the Green Dot for Earth at TINICHOLS@mail.com or myself, Kermit Manis at peacefuleagle@embarqmail.com. Please feel free to contact either one of us or all of us and let us know that you will be there with us and / or that you support what we are going to do. We are expecting many to join with us on that day to show the United States Government that we are very much alive, that we care about our religious freedom and we care about our ancestors who will surely smile on what we are attempting because We Remember.
Osiyo Members, Warriors, Council, Elders and Friends,
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Principal Chief James Billy Chance
