The White, European, Christians used the Doctrine of Discover, a Doctrine propagated by Papal Bulls of the Catholic Popes, to dehumanize all non-white, non-Christians into subhuman status by enslaving them, taking their lands and property all in the name of the King and Catholic Church.  The colonies and then the United States accepted the Doctrine of Discovery and the Doctrine of Conquest as justifiable legal constructs for breaking every treaty they ever made with the Chickamauga and Native American tribes.  The God of the Supreme Court, John Marshall, adopted the Catholic Dogma of the Doctrine of Discovery and Conquest usurping the authority of the Constitution for making rulings concerning the Chickamauga and Native American tribes.  

The White, European, Christian colonists, individual colonial governments, the government of the United States, and their Native American allies convened a premeditated, intentional, brutal war of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Chickamauga which started before the 1730s and continues to this very day.  While it is hard to comprehend, and it is hard to say, but the same stars and stripes with the streamers that adorn the battle flags and the battle pins and medals that adorn the uniforms of American soldiers are the same stars and stripes, the same streamers, pins and medals that were worn by the soldiers and militia that murdered, pillages, plundered, raped, kidnapped, burned, committed genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Chickamauga. And yes, we have the documents from the War Department, State Department, Annals of Congress, and Presidential Papers to prove it.

There has never been public confession by the United States or Christian churches for how they brutalized and devastated the Chickamauga.  There has never been public repentance or public restitution by the United States or Christian churches for how each participated in the brutalization and devastation they committed against the Chickamauga. How can the people of the United States expect there to be forgiveness and reconciliation when the United States has never publicly confessed, publicly repented, and publicly made restitution to the heirs and descendants of the Chickamauga?

White, European, Christians, and the United States Government and Allied Tribes confess what you have done, repent for what you have done, and make restitution for what you have done and continue to do to the Chickamauga.

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(C) This document was produced at the request of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 18, 2019, to document the History, Anthropology, Culture, Religion, and Archaeology of The Chickamauga Nation.

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