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Please
View and Sign the New Jasper Resolution
“New
Jasper Resolution- Cherokee Unity Proclamation”
Drafted for all, by:
Waya
Usgolvsagonige ; California Clan Chief
Gigage-asgaya
Gvdodi Waya-dikata"- Missouri Clan Chief
Sagonige
Awi Uwohili - Past Virginia Clan Chief
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Preamble:
In
October 1993, thirty-eight Cherokee Indian groups
signed the "Jasper Resolution" which
proclaimed mutual recognition of each other as valid
tribal associations comprised of membership with
Tsalagi heritage and lineage. We wish to reaffirm the
meaning and spirit of the "Jasper
Resolution" and form a new covenant to make
official our mutual pride felt Cherokee beliefs.
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Our New Resolution- Part One:
"We the peoples of Cherokee descent, add our
signatures to this new resolution in order to confront
the injustices of the past and to build
unity and strength for the future of those American
citizens (& relatives of American citizens) who
are descendants of the Cherokee race of people. We do
hereby recognize each of the peoples, clans, and
tribes here assembled as being true Cherokee. We are
First Nation descendants of Tsalagi blood, culture and
heritage. Each of our groups are valid descendants of
those who share and claim their given rights as
Tsalagi people."
[Inspired by the historical "Jasper
resolution" signed under the auspices of the
assembled council fire of the "Cherokee Unity
Council", JASPER TENNESSEE,
MARION COUNTY PARK, 08/10/1993. For the original
wording of the "Jasper
Resolution", see "Wotanging Ikche" - a
Native American Newsletter, VOLUME 01, ISSUE 031, 23
Oct., 1993.]
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Our New Resolution- Part Two:
Each
of our individual groups in this “unity
confederation” clearly state that the term “people
of Cherokee decent” refers to a lineage with FULL
INCLUSION and ACCEPTANCE
of the descendants of the historic Cherokee Freedman.
We stipulate that members descending from the Cherokee
Freedman will have equal status,
rights, treatment, and respect- within our
individual groups, and between our groups. (This is
true also for Cherokees with additional
African-American roots too.)
In most cases, our memberships are composed of mixed-
blood Cherokees, some of whom possess additional and
honored blood lines from other Native American tribal
groups. Our commonality here, is that we are all
Cherokees through decent and heritage. Other groups
(Tribal and Inter-tribal) who acknowledge our
collective identities as true Cherokees, are welcome
to join with us in peace and friendship.
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Our New Resolution- Part three:
All
CHEROKEE individuals have the inalienable right to
join together as Cherokees. We are an "indigenous
people", "as per" the "Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples", adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly, September of
2007. Accordingly we recognize articles 2, 9, and 10
from the above named UN Declaration, as pertaining to
the deserved rights of our respective Cherokee
organizations, to assert and validate our identity and
our membership as true Tsalagi:
Article 2 (from the United Nations Declaration)-
"Indigenous peoples and individuals are free and
equal to all other peoples and individuals and have
the right to be free from any kind of discrimination,
in the exercise of their rights, in particular that
based on their indigenous origin or identity."
Article 9 (from the United Nations Declaration)-
"Indigenous peoples and individuals have the
right to belong to an indigenous
community or nation, in accordance with the traditions
and customs of the
community or nation concerned. No discrimination of
any kind may arise from the exercise of such a
right."
Article 33 (from the United Nations Declaration)-
"1. Indigenous peoples have the right to
determine their own identity or
membership in accordance with their customs and
traditions. This does not impair the right of
indigenous individuals to obtain citizenship of the
States in which they live.
2. Indigenous peoples have the right to determine the
structures and to
select the membership of their institutions in
accordance with their own procedures."
AND ALSO: Article 8 (United Nations Draft Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, U.N. Doc.
E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/56, see XVI.; adopted)-
"Indigenous
peoples have the collective and individual right to
maintain and develop their distinct identities and
characteristics, including the right to identify
themselves as indigenous and to be recognized as
such" (with emphasis).
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By signing onto this PROCLAMATION, we agree to the
above stated Resolution- parts one, two, and three.
The commitment to these ideals, here within, places us
in a state of commonality that implies the creation of
a loose “Cherokee Unity Confederation” based on
our declared Cherokee decent and heritage and mutual
respect.
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN)
Tribal
Representative: Principal Chief Nvya Yona, (Stone
Bear), Arizona Clan Chief
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Missouri Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Gigage-asgaya Gvdodi Waya-dikata
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
California Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Robert Gray Wolf
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Virginia Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member - Bright Sun, Member - Blue
Deer Eagle
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United People of the Cherokee Nation
(UPCN) - California Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Bear Warrior, Standing Deer -
Illinois Clan
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Alabama Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member Rabbit, Member Selu and Member
Eagle Two Feathers
Date:
March 05, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Georgia Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member Golden Eagle, Member Autumn Sky
and Member Swamp Walker
Date:
March 05, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Florida Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member Morning Star, Member Singing
Dove and Member Walking Bear
Date:
March 05, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) - Idaho
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Joe Cohea
Date:
March 07, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Louisiana Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Two Horses
Date:
March 07, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Cyprus Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member Night Eagle
Date:
March 07, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: Amonsoquath Band of Cherokee
Tribal
Representative: Chief Yo-na Ei (Walking Bear)
Date:
April 04, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: Overhill Cherokee Band
Tribal
Representative: Man Many Trees - Head Elder
Date:
April 09, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Virginia Clan
Tribal
Representative: Members - Johnny Talking River
Stockman and Janice Mountain Woman Stockman
Date:
April 12, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation (UCN) -
Wisconsin Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Tim Dancing Red Hawk
Date:
April 12, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: North-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Tribal
Representative: Ukuwiyuhi Okena Tsali Littlehawk, Long
Hair Clan
Date:
May 11, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: Alapaha River Band of Cherokee Inc.
Tribal
Representative: Principal Chief Joan Thomas "Walk
With Spirit" Nelson
Date:
May 13, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - Georgia
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member - Reginald "Wodige Wehali"
Solomon
Date:
June 04, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - Florida
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member - Tina "Quietdreamer"
Warren
Date:
July 04, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - Arkansas
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Retired Chief Terry "Cherokee
Warrior" Evers
Date:
July 18, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - Tennessee
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member - Linda "Seeker Of The
Truth" Hatt
Date:
July 18, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - Tennessee
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member - Samantha "Nature
Woman" Hatt
Date:
August 15, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - South
Dakota Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member- Randy "Standing Oak"
Brickey
Date:
September 02, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation - New Mexico
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member- Frances
Wilson
Date:
October 12, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
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Alberta, Canada Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member-
Scott
"Wandering Crow" Milton
Date:
October 16, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
-
West Virginia Clan
Tribal
Representative:
Chief
- Mark
"Deer Stalker"
Stiefer
Date:
February 23, 2009
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
- Washington Clan
Tribal
Representative:
Member -
John "Tsani"
Sumerlin
Date:
September
16, 2009
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
- North Carolina Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member
- Robert
"SunHawk"
Sowders
Date:
January 31, 2010
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nat
ion
- Indiana
Clan
Tribal
Representative: Member
-
Floyd
"Big Bear" Bartlett Jr.
Date:
April
05, 2010
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