From the Department of Interior Website
https://www.doi.gov/tribes/cherokee
The Proof Set: The Chickamauga Nation is A Federally Recognized Tribe
Politically, The Chickamauga Nation is a Category 4 Cherokee as defined by the Department of Interior and are Federally Recognized under treaty as politically Cherokee, not ethnically Cherokee.
The Chickamauga Nation, while not ethnically Cherokee are politically Cherokee according to the United States under treaty and statute code.
Therefore, the Secretary of Interior MUST immediately place The Chickamauga Nation on the List of Federally Recognized and Serviced Tribes as a result of the Treaties we have made with the United States.
Identifying a human being by the term “Category” is a racist, white privilege, demagoguery of Colonization meant to continue an ethnic cleansing against those to whom the phrase is directed. The United States intentionally identified the Chickamauga politically as Cherokee because the Chickamauga spoke the Cherokee Trade Language, not because they were the same ethnicity. The United States government knew the Chickamauga and the Cherokee were not the same ethnic people group but chose to identify them as the same for political reasons, particularly for treaty writing.
The Chickamauga Nation, while not ethnically Cherokee but politically Cherokee according to the United States under treaty. Politically, The Chickamauga Nation is a Category 4 Cherokee and are Federally Recognized under treaty as politically Cherokee. Therefore, the Secretary of Interior MUST immediately place The Chickamauga Nation on the List of Federally Recognized and Serviced Tribes.