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Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee

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The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Inc. is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization based in the US state of Georgia. It is not federally recognized as an American Indian tribe. The three federally recognized Cherokee tribes regard the organization as fraudulent.[1]

Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee Inc.
Type501(c)(3) organization
05-0559524
HeadquartersCumming, Georgia
Location
  • United States
Official language
English
Websitegeorgiatribeofeasterncherokee.org

History

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The Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee was recognized as a tribe by the State of Georgia in 2007.[2] It is one of two state-recognized Cherokee tribes in Georgia, the other being the Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council.[3]

On May 6, 2016, the Office of Federal Acknowledgement (OFA) denied the organization's request for federal recognition as an American Indian tribe. The petition was denied on the basis that the organization had not "been identified as an American Indian entity on a substantially continuous basis since 1900". The report concluded that the Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee is a "recently organized group" and that "there are no contemporary identifications of the petitioner or any Indian entity in Lumpkin County."[4] According to OFA, "The petitioner claims to have evolved from the pre-Removal Cherokee Nation and to represent a specific Cherokee family that did not remove westward with the Tribe in the 19th century...The vast majority of the petitioner's members identify descent from Rachel Martin, a Cherokee woman, her husband Daniel Davis, and primarily their three children who remained near Dahlonega, Georgia, after the Cherokee Nation removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s."[5]

The three federally recognized Cherokee tribes - the Cherokee Nation, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - regard the Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee and other state-recognized Cherokee tribes as fraudulent organizations.[1] The Shawnee Tribe also views the organization as fraudulent.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Atlanta Braves honor Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee and other state-recognized groups". Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ O.C.G.A. § 44-12-300 (2007) Title 44, Chapter 12, Article 7, Part 3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated Archived 2004-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, Georgia Legislature. Quote: The State of Georgia "officially recognizes as legitimate American Indian tribes of Georgia the following tribes, bands, groups, or communities" for state purposes
  3. ↑ "Georgia Tribes". Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Proposed Finding Against Acknowledgement of the Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee, Inc. (Petitioner #41)" (PDF). Bureau of Indian Affairs. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bureau of Indian Affairs to deny federal status to Cherokee group". Indianz.com. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Defend Tribal Sovereignty: Vote "Yes" On Amendments to NCAI Constitution". Native News Online. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
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