The Chickamauga Nation IS a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe which is not Serviced.
We have Pre-Paid for the right to be Serviced. We are recognized by the Legislative Branch by at least 16 Treaties, deciding on war and peace with the Chickamauga, having Lands held for us in Reserve and Trust, having paid us Annuities from 1785 to the mid-1820s, having a continuous government prior to the Declaration of Independence, and having NEVER been terminated. We are recognized by the Executive Branch by numerous Presidents; including Washington and Jefferson, Washington's Fourth Annual Address to Congress and Jefferson’s Land Trade as recorded in the Treaty of the Cherokee Agency, 7 Stat. 156 (July 8, 1817), the War Department in its Records, Department of Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs since they were birthed from the War Department.
In violation of 7 Statute 18, the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell,Article 9, Congress has been derelict in providing for the “benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention injuries or oppressions” to The Chickamauga Nation. The remedy, place us on the list of “Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs” and pass legislation that we have prepared.
The Secretary of Interior has the expressed and enumerated authority in Code and Statute to 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.”