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 - 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 Gray Wolf
Date:
March 03, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
(UCN) - Virginia Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Bright Sun, Chief
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: Chief Rabbit, Clan Mother
Selu and Assistant Clan Chief Eagle Two
Feathers
Date:
March 05, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
(UCN) - Georgia Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Golden Eagle, Clan
Mother Autumn Sky and Assistant Clan
Chief Swamp Walker
Date:
March 05, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
(UCN) - Florida Clan
Tribal
Representative: Chief Morning Star, Clan
Mother Singing Dove and Assistant Clan
Chief 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: Chief Night Eagle
Date:
March 07, 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 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: Member - Terry
"Cherokee Warrior" Evers
Date:
July 18, 2008
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Cherokee
organization: The United Cherokee Nation
- Tennessee Clan
Tribal
Representative: Clan Mother- Linda
"Seeker Of The Truth" Hatt
Date:
July 18, 2008
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Please
email your name, tribal organization and
date, for addition to this resolution.
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