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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have maintained many traditional tribal practices. Many prominent Cherokee historians are affiliated with, or are members of, the Eastern Band. Tsali (pronounced ), another Cherokee leader, opposed the removal. He remained in the traditional Cherokee lands with a small group who resisted the U.S. Army and ...
Blood quantum is traced from the ancestor listed on the 1924 Baker Roll. A person with a blood quantum of less than 1/16th is an Eastern Band Cherokee descendant, but not a tribal citizen. The Eastern Band Cherokee nation does not allow DNA testing to be used to determine tribal citizenship, unless the test is to determine parentage.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is made up of descendants of Cherokee primarily from along the Oconaluftee River in Western North Carolina, in today's Cherokee County. The band formed after the treaties of 1817 and 1819 were made between the Cherokee Nation East and the US government; they were outside the former territory.
Eastern Band citizenship requirements are as follows: "1. A direct lineal ancestor must appear on the 1924 Baker Roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. [6] "2. You must possess at least 1/16 degree of Eastern Cherokee blood. Please note: Blood quantum is calculated from your ancestor listed on the 1924 Baker Roll." [6]
Eastern Band Cherokee women (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Eastern Band Cherokee people" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Cherokee have seven clans and have had that number as long as there has been contact with Europeans. Some have multiple names, and according to ethnographer James Mooney the seven are the result of consolidation of as many as what was previously fourteen separate clans in more ancient times.
The Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South Carolina, Inc. or ECSIUT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [1] [2] and "state-recognized group" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe. [3]
The Cherokee Nation uses the Dawes Rolls to determine tribal citizenship. The UKB uses both the Dawes Rolls and the United Keetoowah Band Base Roll of 1949 to determine tribal citizenship. [5] The Dawes Rolls has been digitized and is searchable on the website of the Oklahoma Historical Society. [6] Cherokee tribal rolls include: 1817 ...