Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky

Unrecognized tribe

The Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky (SCNK) is an unrecognized tribe based in Kentucky.[1] The SCNK states it had an estimated one thousand members as of 2009, living in several US states, and that it is "not affiliated with any other group calling themselves Southern Cherokee" or any officially recognized Cherokee nations.[2][3]

## State recognition status

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Amy Den Ouden and Jean O'Brien wrote in 2013 that "Kentucky’s recognition of the Southern Cherokee nation proved even more tenuous: while Governor John Young Brown sent a letter to the Southern Cherokee nation in 1893 welcoming the tribe to the Commonwealth’s state fair and noting that the Commonwealth “regonize [sic] the Southern Cherokee Nation as a Indian tribe” (recognition that would be underscored by a 2006 proclamation by Governor Ernie Fletcher). Kentucky currently claims to have no state-recognized tribes and disputes that any kind of government-to-government relationship was established. Thus, even those recognitions that did occur during this period were more ambiguous and uncertain than many that took place during earlier and later periods."[4]

## See also

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* Cherokee heritage groups
* Scuffletown, Kentucky - a town established by Cherokee in Henderson County
* Cherokee in the American Civil War

## References

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1. ^ Southern Cherokee Nation Shares Their Culture. State Journal. 6 August 2008.Retrieved 5 February 2011.
2. ^ Glenn, Eddie. "A League of Nations?" Tahlequah Daily Press. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
3. ^ "UNC Press :: The Encyclopedia of North Carolina". uncpress.unc.edu. 2016-12-23. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
4. ^ Ouden, Amy E. Den; O'Brien, Jean M. (2013). Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, & Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook. UNC Press Books. p. 125\. ISBN 978-1-4696-0215-8. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

## External links

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* Index of Tribal Governments on USA.gov
* Nations, Tribes, Bands 500 Nations
* Native American Tribes of Kentucky Native Languages of the Americas

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