----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:16 PM Subject: [MOMONITE] "The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old LouisianaTerritory." > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: SueLatham57 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.moniteau/1764/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > "The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory." > http://www.ncnolt.org/main.htm > > NCNOLT Federal Recognition Application Submitted to BIA > > Chief Beverly Baker, at the NCNOLT Reunion in Hallsville, Missouri, on > June 24, 2006, announced that: > > "After researching our history for over 20 years to try and meet Bureau of > Indian Affairs qualifications for recognition, the Northern Cherokee > Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory feels this has finally been > accomplished, and our petition has now been submitted to them for our > re-recognition." > > > > In 1721 our forebears, started moving west of the Mississippi as English > encroachers began taking away our eastern homelands along with our > freedoms. > > During the time of French and Spanish occupation of the Louisiana > Territory many of our ancestors first settled in the area of what is now > southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. > > By 1799, portions of what are now St. Louis and St. Charles counties were > deeded to some of our forbearers by Spanish land grants. After the > Louisiana purchase of 1803 they were forced from these properties by the > United States government. Some refugees of this forced removal then > migrated into what are now Boone, Howard, Franklin, Randolph, and Macon > counties of Missouri. > > Because we have long been dispersed throughout what used to be the > Louisiana Territory and due to the fact our Nation has lived in this area > since Spanish and French occupation, we now call our tribe: > > "The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory." > > Our effort is to make our people aware that their government west of the > Mississippi has continued to exist since before the Louisiana Purchase. > > Soon after statehood, Missouri passed legislation in 1838 which in effect > outlawed Native Americans from living in the state. Rather than be forced > to an Oklahoma reservation, many of our people chose to dress and behave > like the whites in order to conceal their identity. The many of our nation > who continued to reside in Missouri had to maintain our Cherokee affairs > and heritage in secret. Much suffering occurred during the many years this > law stayed on the books. > > We remain proud of our Cherokee heritage. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message