On July 18, 2019, at the request of Senator David Perdue to the Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, Senator John Hoeven, the National Executive Chiefs of the Chickamauga Nation along with Chief Johnny Chattin of Georgia, met with Chase Goodnight, Council, and John G. Simermeyer, Policy Advisor for Senator Hoeven. During this meeting with the representatives of the Committee on Indian affairs the National Executive Chiefs formally petitioned for placement on the Serviced Tribes Roll since the Chickamauga already possess Congressional, Presidential, and Federal Recognition as established within the National Registry and the National Archives. Second, these Chiefs presented a petition to Mr. Goodnight, and Mr. Simermeyer based on U. S. 7 Statute 18 of 1785, the Treaty of Hopewell, informing them that The Chickamauga Nation are descendants of survivors of genocide and are at risk of continued ethnic cleansing. We were told to return home and have academics verify their claims by historians and anthropologists in their respective fields of expertise.
We now have our academically verified history and anthropology accounting for over 500,000 pages worth millions of dollars. We are not dealing myths, legends, tall tales and fairy tales, we are dealing almost exclusively with primary source documents appearing in the National Registry and the National Archives. We have provided primary source documents of our history and anthropology as well as the scientifically established sources from archaeological studies from some of the most highly respected colleges and Universities and their PhD and Master level student's research. Our History, Culture, and Religion are written in the War Department Records, The Presidential Papers, The Annals of Congress, The State Department Papers of the United States, The State Papers of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina,Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee as well as the Territorial Papers of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and the Republic of Texas. Academically, our history is written in well over 40 Doctoral Dissertations, 20 Master Dissertations and numerous Bachelor papers we have provided as evidence. Our history is written in the University of Tennessee Archives and Museums, University of Arkansas Archives and Museums, University of Oklahoma Archives and Museums, Oklahoma State University Archives and Museums and too many others to mention. Our history is found in archaeological studies and digs by PhD students, Master Students, University Archaeology Departments, Cities, Counties, States, and the TVA. Our culture and religion is documented in the archaeological record.
Therefore: It is time for Congress, the Secretary of Interior, and the B.I.A. to answer some very sensitive but pertinent questions about why The Chickamauga Nation has not been placed on the List of Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible to Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs by Virtue of their Status as Indian Tribes.
First, why does The Chickamauga Nation have to provide academic verification to the Senate, House, Department of Interior and the BIA when our history is so readily available?
Second, what other tribes (Please List All) have been required to provide academically verified documentation to be placed on the Serviced Tribes Roll to receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
Third, why must The Chickamauga Nation provide millions of dollars of professional research to be academically verified when the stories of almost all other tribes are myths, legends, oral traditions, tall tales, and fairy tales?
Fourth, why must The Chickamauga Nation pay to make a paper copy of over 500,000 pages of academically verified research for all 12 US Senators on the Indian Affairs Committee and 15 US Representatives on the Indigenous Peoples Committee when it can be provided on a 128Gig USB Drive?
Fifth, when will the House and Senate of the United States act in accordance with Article 12 of 7 Statute 18 - 1785 Treaty of Hopewell (As Treaty Signers, The Chickamauga Nation has Treaty Right Standing to meet at any time with the Congress) and legislatively place The Chickamauga Nation on the List of Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible to Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs by Virtue of their Status as Indian Tribes since The Chickamauga Nation is already Federally Recognized by the Executive and Legislative Branches of the United States?