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[3] The Cherokee Nation opposes state-recognized tribes, as well as Cherokee heritage groups and others with no documented descent who claim Cherokee identity. [4] Other groups that identify as being Native American tribes but lack federal or state recognition are listed in the List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes.
There are seven criteria. Four have proven troublesome for most groups to prove: long-standing historical community, outside identification as Indians, political authority, and descent from a historical tribe. Tribes seeking recognition must submit detailed petitions to the BIA's Office of Federal Acknowledgment.
Spartanburg was first known as Newberg, and under the latter name was founded in 1832. [3] A post office was established under the name Spartanburg in 1842, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [4] The Union Literary Institute, a school founded by Quakers for African-American students, was 2 miles from Spartanburg
This list also includes some groups from non-sovereign U.S. territories outside the contiguous United States, especially Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, that identify as having Caribbean Indigenous heritage and which also lack formal recognition. Groups outside the 48 contiguous states and Alaska are currently ineligible for federal ...
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Advocacy groups: Brown Berets (Aztlanecas Brown Berets), [95] MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, [96] "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán"), [93] [97] Freedom Road Socialist Organization, [98] which calls for self-determination for the Chicano nation in Aztlan up to and including the right to secession.
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Painting of a Choctaw woman by George Catlin. Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern cultures, or Southeast Indians are an ethnographic classification for Native Americans who have traditionally inhabited the area now part of the Southeastern United States and the northeastern border of Mexico, that share common cultural traits.