Ludovic Grant is listed by some sources as a clan chief of the Grant clan in Scotland in 1710. He joined the Jacobite rebellion in 1715, which sought to restore James II as King of England. He was capt...

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Redbird Sixkiller was born in the Cherokee Nation East in Georgia. In 1837, he and his wife, Pamelia Whaley, were informed that they were to be forcibly removed from Georgia and relocated to the Indi...

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Birth: 1746 in Cherokee Nation East Death: UNKNOWN in Oklahoma NATI: Fullblood Cherokee Event: Clan Paint Note: Other names for Wah Li were Wa-li Polly OTTERLIFTER, Wur-li Sonicooie, and Granny VANN. W...

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Notes for JOHN CHEROKEE VANN III: Moravian Journals, 12/20/1806; refers to Polly Terrapin's husband as having died of Small Pox at Hightower. Presumably, this was John "Cherokee" Vann. His father, Jo...

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Go to for a succinct and incredible history of the Cherokee. Sister of Raven died just before the Cherokee language became written (The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah to write t...

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Clement Vann Rogers (1839–1911) was a Cherokee senator and judge in Indian Territory. Rogers was a Confederate veteran and served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Rogers was the...

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Tsu-nu-lv-hv-s-gi was an adopted child of Drowning Bear and Ni-gu-da-yi. Other than the year of his birth, no other information is known of his life before being adopted.

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1848 Mullay roll: #470 as Che-gail-a-teh 1851 Siler roll: Wolf Town, Haywood Co, NC, fam# 53, roll# 581 as Che-ul-lut-tuh 1852 Chapman roll: Wolf Town, Haywood Co, NC, fam# 53, roll# 581 as Che-ul-...

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1848 Mullay roll: # 469 as Wilsonih 1851 Siler roll: Wolf Town, Haywood Co, NC, fam# 53, roll# 580 1852 Chapman roll: Wolf Town, Haywood Co, NC, fam# 53, roll# 580 1869 Sweatland roll: fam# 56, r...

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From James Hicks: Miller application# 16252 for John's granddaughter, Maggie Reed nee Oo-kum-mah, gives the name of her grandfather as John Welch aka Oo-kum-mah. Was this a full blood namesake of the...

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Hated the whites. More About THE BADGER: Attended 1: November 1788, Eustinali council Attended 2: June 1792, Estinawa council Blood: 3/4 Cherokee Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Peggy Scott?)...

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Chapman Roll 1851 Birdtown, Haywood County, NC [another transcriber wrote Wolftown] 862. Sam-mih (or Sam Owl) 53 [6206? 15841] 863. Wo-te-yoh-ih 40 w [15841] 864. Ar-chih 16 s [15841] [another ...

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Family went on Trail of Tears to Oklahoma but returned to NC 1851 Chapman Roll in River Valley, Cherokee County NC 1870 Census Cherokee Co, NC (Murphy) age 90 1848 (listing from papers Lloyd Owle...

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See "Cherokee History" by Emmit Starr for more on this individual. He was murdered along with his son by 16 year old named Kirk. Marriage Nancy "Cherokee" DOUGHERTY b: 1747 Kalanu (Raven/Spok...

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Said to be the daughter of Attakalluka and Nione, but her mother could have been a Choctaw woman. Links

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Turtle-at-Home, or Selukuki Wohelengh, was a Cherokee warrior and leader, brother of Dragging Canoe and one of his chief lieutenants during the Chickamauga wars. In the beginning and the later years, h...

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Ani Yun Wiya = The people in Cherokee (NC) Anigatogewi or Wild Potato Clan

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James Adair was born ca 1709 in County Antrim, Ireland and died, probably in Cherokee Nation East, around 1783. Will 21 Oct. 1766, proved 4 Nov. 1782 Parents: said to have been a member of the Fitzge...

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Charles George (August 23, 1932–November 30, 1952) was a U.S. Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat on November 30, 1952, during the Korean War. He was fatally wounded ...

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Ernest Edwin Evans (August 13, 1908 – October 25, 1944) was an officer of the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World Wa...

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Jack C. Montgomery (July 23, 1917 – June 11, 2002) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II...

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Alexander McGillivray (December 15, 1750 – February 17, 1793) was a leader of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians during and after the American Revolution who worked to establish a Creek national identity and...

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April "Tikami" Hop (meaning: April Water ) was born 1690 in Chota, Cherokee Territory (present day Tennessee) and died in 1744 in Upper Hiwassee, Cherokee Territory (present day Tennessee) Parents: M...

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Stand Watie (1806-1871) Born at Oothcaloga in the Cherokee Nation, Georgia (near present day Rome, Georgia) on December 12, 1806, Stand Watie's Cherokee name was De-ga-ta-ga, or "he stands." He als...

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Joseph H. Vann, (11 February 1798 – 23 October 1844). He was a Cherokee leader who owned Diamond Hill (now known as the Chief Vann House), many slaves, taverns, and steamboats that he operated on the A...

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--- from A history of the state of Oklahoma Vol II by Luther B Hill A.B. 1910 Richard B. Choate. A native of the Cherokee nation and a resident of Bunch, Adair county, since his boyhood days, Richa...

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Chief for 1 day: June 23, 1923

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Chief for 17 days. Listed on the 1880 CN Census: ;DE, 639; 1890 CN Census: Tahlequah, 1982; Dawes Roll: card# 5858, roll# 14029; Miller Roll: Tahlequah, OK, ap# 27674, roll# 9028; Blood: 1/8 Cherokee; ...

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About Christie, Smith Nickname Watt, b. 1817 Union Chief 1863 Cherokee Name: Wa-de Wa-ki-gu. Cherokee Evaluations of 1836 lists Watt Christie as 24 yrs. old and living on a farm at the mouth of the...

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Pegg, Thomas (Ah-yes-takie) A Major of the 2nd Reg Cherokee Mounted Rifles, CSA (also known as Drew s Regiment & First Reg); after the Battle of Pea Ridge in AR, switched to the Union Side as Capt., ...

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Charles J Hunt Cherokee Chief for 1 day Listed on; 1880 CN Census: Cooweescoowee, 1405 1890 CN Census: Cooweescoowee, 2566 Dawes Roll: card# 3614, roll# 8787 Miller Roll: Vinita, OK, ap...

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Oliver Hazard Perry Brewer was known as Chute. He attended Cherokee Nation schools and the Cherokee Male Seminary. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1893. When his father died, he took ov...

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William Wirt Hastings (December 31, 1866 - April 8, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Born on a farm in Benton County, Arkansas, near the Indian Territory boundary, Hastings moved with h...

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Black Fox (Circa 1745-1811) was born about 1746 in the Cherokee village of Ustanali, in the Lower Towns area (found today in northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and their adjoining areas of sou...

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William Abraham Hicks (1769 - 1837?, age 68) became Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827 after being elected to succeed his older brother, Charles R. Hicks, the longtime Second Principal Chie...

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Big Tiger (1824-1828); principal chief of the faction of those in the Nation following Whitepath's teachings inspired by the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake.

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Charles Renatus Hicks (23 December 1767 - 20 January 1827, age 59) was one of the most important Cherokee leaders in the early 19th century and the first non fullblood to be chosen as Principal Chief o...

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Adopted by Chief Yonaguska Drowning Bear. Drowning Bear called him Wil-Usdi or "Little Will." -------------------- Birth parents of William Holland Thomas were Richard Thomas and Temperance Calvert...

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Nimrod Jarrett Smith (1837–1893), or Tsaladihi, was the fourth Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His father was the Valley River landowner Henry Smith, one of the wealthiest men ...

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Stillwell Saunooke Principal Chief (1891-1895)

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Flying Squirrel, Chief Chief Bet. 1870-75: Principal Chief of CN East. Listed on the 1848 Mullay Roll: # 173 as Flying Squirrel (Cheif of Paint Town); 1851 Siler Roll: Paint Town, Haywood Co., NC, fa...

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Principal Chief of NC: 1875-1880. Cherokee Name: Dah-si-ki-yah-gih. Nickname: Shoeboot Find A Grave Memorial# 14012015

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Jesse Reed ( Reid) (1899-1903) Aka: Scotch Jesse , Chief of Eastern Bank of Cherokees. Cherokee Name: Tse si-ska tsi .

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John Goins Welch Principal Chief (1907-1911)

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Andy Standing Deer Principal Chief (1895-1899)

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Joseph A. Saunooke Principal Chief (1911-1915)

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Bird Saloloneeta, or Young Squirrel, Principal Chief (1903-1907)

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John A. Tahquette Principal Chief (1927-1931)

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JARRETT BLYTHE Chief of the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee. 1931-1937 Promoted route through the Qualla Boundary Chief Blythe descended from a line of Cherokee leaders, most promi...

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David Blythe Principal Chief (1915-1919) David Blythe was the son of Jackson Blythe and Ollie Reed. He was the husband of Nannie (Nancy) Jackson Blythe ( married 17.July 1898 JW Birds) He was the h...

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Sampson Owl Principal Chief (1923-1927)------------------- -Principal Chief, 1923-1927; HOH 1870 Jackson Co, NC census w/father; 1898, 1906, 1914, 1923, 1928, 1937 Cherokee census (full); Baker Roll 192...

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Henry Bradley Principal Chief (1947-1951

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Osley Bird Saunooke Principal Chief (1951-1955)

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Walter Jackson Principal Chief (1967-1971)

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Noah Powell Principal Chief (1971-1973)

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John A. Crowe Principal Chief (1973-1983

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Former Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, a teacher and former superintendent of schools, Joyce Dugan has been a mover and a shaper. Elected to office in 1995, Dugan advoca...

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Leon Jones Principal Chief (1999-2003)

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Principal Chief (1983-1987) and military hero, Robert S. Youngdeer was born April 13, 1922 at Ravensford.The son of Jesse Youngdeer and Martha Jane Owl Youngdeer, he attended Cherokee Boarding School. ...

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Principal Chief 1987 - 1995

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Gerard Parker Principal Chief (1995)

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John Hitcher Principal Chief (1939-1946)

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Jeff Tindle Principal Chief (1954 – 1960)

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William Glory Principal Chief (1967 - 1979)

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Michell Hicks, Principal Chief Eastern Band of Cherokee One of Southwestern Community College’s graduates joined the ranks of film maker George Lucas, actor James Belushi, Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Ha...

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Jim Pickup Principal Chief (1946-1954)

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James L. Gordon Principal Chief (1979 – 1983)

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John Hair Principal Chief (1983 – 1991)

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Jim Henson Principal Chief (1996 – 2000)

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Dallas Proctor Principal Chief 2000 – 2004

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Black Coat was the second western Cherokee chief, serving with first chief John Jolly and third chief Walter Webber. Black Coat participated in the Cherokee was against the Osages and was with the gr...

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John Watts, or Kunokeski, also known as Young Tassel, was one of the leaders of the Chickamauga/Lower Cherokee during the Chickamauga wars, particularly after the murder of his uncle, Old Tassel, by ma...

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The Glass, or Ta'gwadihi Principal Chief (1807-1809) Event: Fact 27 OCT 1805 Signed treaty of Tellico next to Chief Black Fox, as The Glass, or Tunnquetihee, his x mark (L.S.) Event: Fact 8 JUL 1...

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Degadoga Principal Chief (1813-1817) Degadoga, or Tatoka, was an early Cherokee emigrant who succeeded as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West upon the departure for Spanish Texas in 1813 of t...

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Chief Tahlonteeskee, who presided over the Cherokee Nation from 1809 to 1818. He was part of the Old Settler band of Cherokees who moved from the ancestral lands in the Southeast United States. They se...

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John Jolly, Cherokee name Ahuludegi, also known as Oolooteka, was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West upon the death of his brother Tahlonteeskee in 1819. He had served as headman of Ca...

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John Looney was the last person elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West by the whole tribe, and that was his second election to that office. He was first elected to succeed John Jolly after...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Brown, formerly judge of the Chickamauga District of the Cherokee Nation East, was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West 22 April 1839, after ...

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from The 83 year-old Cherokee Chief Bowles (Chief Duwali or Bold Hunter) and about 800 Indians (around 600 being women, children, and the elderly) from various tribes including many Cherokees were ki...

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Takatoka (1755?–1824)aka: Ticketoke aka: Ta-Ka-To-Kuh aka: De'gata'ga aka: Degadoga Takatoka (whose name is spelled various ways in records of the time and in later histories) was one of the leaders ...

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John Jolly, Cherokee name Ahuludegi, also known as Oolooteka, was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West upon the death of his brother Tahlonteeskee in 1819. He had served as headman of Ca...

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John Rogers was the last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West, elected 11 October 1839 by the faction of Old Settlers who rejected the unity constitution of September 1839. The rejection...

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The following are notes from The headman of Tugaloo, known as Charitey Hagey "the conjuror," assured the South Carolinians that his people no longer held anti-English sentiments. He balked at joining...

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Wrosetasatow of Keowee Principal Chief (1721-1729) Between 1711 and 1713 some three hundred Cherokees helped colonial forces drive the Tuscarora Indians northward to the Great Lakes region. In 1721 a...

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Uku (1729-1730)

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Moytoy of Tellico (d. 1741 or 1760?) was a Cherokee leader from Great Tellico, recognized by British colonial authorities as the "Emperor of the Cherokee"; the Cherokee themselves used the title "First...

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Amouskositte, or Amo-sgiasite ("Dreadful Water"), of Great Tellico was the son of Moytoy of Tellico and attempted to succeed him as "Emperor of the Cherokee", a title given his father by Alexander Cumi...

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Attakullakulla (ca. 1708–ca. 1777) or Atagulkalu (Cherokee, Ata-gul' kalu) — known to whites as Little Carpenter — was First Beloved Man of the Cherokee Indians from 1761 to around 1775. Dragging Canoe...

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Oconostota (ca. 1710-1783) was the Warrior (skiagusta) of Chota and the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1775 to 1781. Cherokee name, according to Mooney, was Aganstata, which he translated a...

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