----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: [MOMONITE] Active Cherokee Nation here in Missouri whne Missouriwas not part of the USA > 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/1763/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > hthttp://awiakta.org/tp://awiakta.org/ > For over 275 years, Missouri, Arkansas and adjoining > areas have been home for thousands of "Lost Cherokees" > The Northern Cherokee Nation is the only tribe of Indians which is > recognized by Proclamations and House Resolutions with the states of > Missouri and Arkansas. We first received a Proclamation from then > Governor, Kit Bond, of Missouri in 1983. A second Proclamation was > awarded to our Nation when Governor Mel Carnahan renewed Missouri's > Proclamation to our Tribe on June 22, 1996. Arkansas recognition of our > people came in 1997 with a House Concurrent Resolution on March 18 and a > Proclamation from Governor Jim Huckabee on April 8, 1997. > > In 1721 some of our forefathers began moving west of the Mississippi as > English encroachers began taking away their eastern homelands along with > their freedoms. During the time of French and Spanish occupation of the > Louisiana Territory, many of our ancestors first settled in a five-county > area in today's Southeast Missouri and across Northern Arkansas. In time > our kinsmen who remained in the East referred to us as the "Lost > Cherokees". (US Bur. Of Ethnology, 19th Annual Rpt., pp. 391 & 392) > > By 1799, portions of what is now St. Charles, MO, were deeded to some of > our Ancestors by Spanish land grants. Chief Beverly Baker, a seventh > generation leader of our people, is a direct descendent of a full-blood > Cherokee who then owned land in "Green's Bottoms" in St. Charles County. > The Greens lived near Daniel Boone's home. > > After the "Louisiana Purchase" of 1803 many of our Cherokee forebears were > forced from their properties by the US government. Some of these refugees > migrated with other Cherokees to Booneslick Country which included areas > of central, north-central, and western Missouri - north of the Missouri > River. > > In time, our people settled all over the western watershed of the > Mississippi. Our forebears multiplied so that today we estimate our > Northern Cherokee kinsmen number over a hundred thousand. Over 15,000 > Cherokees identified themselves as such on the 1990 Missouri and Arkansas > census. Several thousand have now stepped forward to join the nation of > their roots, with more enrolling every day. > > Because we have been dispersed throughout the former Louisiana Territory > for many generations and due to the fact we have lived in this area since > French and Spanish occupation, we now call our tribe The Northern Cherokee > Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory. Our effort is to make our people > aware that the nation and government of their roots has continued to exist > west of the Mississippi since 1721. We are eager for all Northern > Cherokees to re-identify themselves with the nation of their forebears. > > Twenty years before the "Trail of Tears" (November 2, 1819), John Ross > wrote of our Nation in a letter to James Monroe, President of the United > States. In the letter Ross referred to our people west of the Mississippi > as: "the Cherokees on the St. Francis River (located in the present SE > Missouri & NE Arkansas) who had moved there great many years before". > John Ross later became the Principal Chief of the Old Cherokee Nation in > the Southeast. > > It should be mentioned that the US government recognized our nation until > the 1840s. Evidence of this includes the fact that several Indian agents > were assigned to our forebears soon after the "Louisiana Purchase". After > setting up a Cherokee Reservation in Indian Territory, and after the > forced migration ("Trail of Tears") of 1838 and 1839, the US government > apparently chose to ignore and/or forget our people. Our effort today is > to recover that forgotten Federal Recognition of our Nation. > > In 1825, just four years after statehood, Missouri passed legislation > which outlawed American Indians from living in the State of Missouri. In > order to keep from being forced to the Oklahoma reservation, many of our > people dressed and behaved like the whites to conceal their identity. The > many who chose to continue residing in Missouri had to maintain our > Cherokee affairs and heritage in secret. Much suffering occurred during > the eighty years these laws stayed on the books. > > > > We remain proud of our Cherokee heritage and will not permit anyone to > deny us our birthright, though many have tried to destroy our heritage in > the past. From ancient times we have called ourselves, "Ani Yunwiya", > which means, "the Principal People". American principles of social and > political equality are only part of our ancient Cherokee Beauty Way. > Without original Americans like the Cherokee, the world may never have > learned the joy and prosperity that only liberty can bring. > > For more information about our people, please read Trail of Tears Across > Missouri by Joan Gilbert (University of MO Press). The completed history > of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, We Are Not > Yet Conquered, written by Chief Beverly Baker, can be purchased through > The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory - PMB 242 > 3305 Clark Lane > Columbia, MO 65202 > and The Cherokee Trails Store - > 811 Broadway > Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. > > Official Web Site of the > Kansas Awi Akta District > of the > Northern Cherokee Nation > of the Old Louisiana Territory > > Links of Interest > Change of Address Form > 8th Annual Awi Akta Veterans Pow Wow Poster > Awi Akta Bulletin Newsletters > NCNOLT Enrollment Application Forms > NCNOLT Newsletter December 2007 > Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory - Nation's Home > Page > NCNOLT - Itse Dugalu or New Toogaloo home page - Columbia, Missouri > District > NCNOLT - Arkansas District Web Site > NCNOLT - Southeast Missouri (SEMO) District Web Site > NCNOLT Federal/State Recognition Status > NCNOLT History > Honored Veterans > > > > The Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory (NCNOLT) > traces its roots to 1721. The Awi Akta District was organized and later > incorporated in the State of Kansas as a "Foreign Corporation" with the > parent corporation being the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana > Territory (NCNOLT) home-based in Columbia, Missouri. NCNOLT is a 501(c)(3) > corporation. > NCNOLT Tribe Mail Address: > Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory > PMB242 > 3305 Clark Lane > Columbia, MO 65202. > NCNOLT Tribe E-mail Address: [email protected] > > The Awi Akta District of the Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana > Territory (NCNOLT) covers a lot of space (all of Kansas) and even two time > zones (Central and Mountain)! Because there is currently only one District > Representative for Kansas and I live in Topeka, all the District meetings > are held in this area. We do alternate between Topeka and Holton to try to > accommodate more members, but that isn't much help to our spread out South > and West members. It is our belief that Kansas is to big for just one > District and we are searching for NCNOLT members who would be interested > in holding meetings in their area. We are willing to help you get started > meeting, and to eventually form additional Districts in the State of > Kansas. For discussion and more information please contact the Kansas > District Representative at [email protected] > The Awi Akta District (Kansas) Representative is Conchita (Connie) > Ballard. Connie is the District's representative to the NCNOLT Tribal > Council and can be reached at [email protected] > The Members of the Awi Akta District Council are: > . Doug Ashcraft - Assistant District Representative > . Mike Ballard - Treasurer (Mike also serves as Head Elder of the NCNOLT > Nation) > . Don Anderson > . Loma Ashcraft > . Jonnie Turley > . Del Thompson > . Jessica Thompson > Our Web Site is always a "work in progress" (under construction), please > check back often as information and links will be added frequently. Be > sure to check out the links to the left side of this page for changes and > additions. > > > All Text and Graphics on this Web Site - © 2002, No part of this website > may be reproduced without the express written permission of the NCNOLT > Kansas Representative and the Awi Akta District Council > Revised August 7, 2008 > > 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