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The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (ᎠᏂᎩᏚᏩᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ or Anigiduwagi Aniyvwiya, abbreviated United Keetoowah Band or UKB) is a federally recognized tribe of Cherokee Native Americans headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. According to the UKB website, its members are mostly descendants of "Old Settlers" or ...
Following passage of the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of 1936, the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society organized in 1939 as the United Keetoowah Band. The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved their constitution in 1940. The United States President began appointing a Principal Chief for the non-UKB Cherokee ...
George Wickliffe (August 10, 1937 - December 19, 2017) was a Cherokee politician who served as the Principal Chief of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians from 2005 until 2016. In 2016, Wickliffe was impeached and removed from office on charges of financial impropriety using tribal funds and signing contracts without the authorization ...
Sep. 29—A celebration recognizing the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the United Keetoowah Band's constitution, the establishment of bylaws, and a corporate charter in 1950, is Oct. 6-7 at ...
May 18—As the capital of Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, Tahlequah receives visitors from around the world who want to learn about Cherokee culture. Many of these ...
They adhered to pre-contact communal ways. Conservative descendants of Cherokee who had migrated to Arkansas and Indian Territory in the 1810s and 1820s later formed what is now the federally recognized tribe of the United Keetoowah Band, based in Oklahoma. During the 19th century, after removal to Indian Territory, there were Cherokee groups ...
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (2 P) T. Tahlequah, Oklahoma (2 C, 3 P) U.
In the 21st century, leaders of the Cherokee people define themselves as those persons enrolled in one of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Cherokee Nation, and The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.