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Osiyo Welcome.
Welcome to the New Official Tribal web site of the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe. Our name translated from Cherokee means Near River Dwellers. This name is based on the fact that our people have been living on the rivers of Virginia, North Carolina,and South Carolina for well over 400 years. The existence of our people can be documented before first contact to the present time.
As to tribal status, the Nuluti Equani Ehi tribe is not federally recogonized by the BIA and may choose not to pursue this path. We have applied for recognition by the North Carolina Department of Indian Affairs and are undergoing the long process involved in that pursuit. However, we are recognized by Proclamation from the Govenor of North Carolina dating our people to 1752 and before. We were also under treaty with King George executed in 1721 and reported by the King to be the First Government and the first people to enter into a treaty with the Crown in the New World. Our ancesters were the founders of what is now the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the Snow Bird.
Several Colleges have established digs and carried out research on land that belonged to our ancestors and on the river on which our people lived. Wake Forest University carbon dates existance to 15,000 years ago and North Carolina University approximates this same time period. Surviving structures of interest to the University of North Carolina are the fish traps in the Yadkin River (Atkin) that were placed there by our people many years ago. The fish traps are built in solid bedrock and are as functional today as they were in the past simply by placing a net in the traps.
The Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe welcomes interest in Citizenship, but those seeking monetary gain by entry into our tribe do not be misled. It is true the Eastern Band of the Cherokee dispense yearly payments, but the money is generated internally by the tribe from the tribal-owned casino. The only benefits the Cherokee Nation provides are medical benefits. Any benifits gained through the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe will be based on what the tribe builds for Citizens and the Tribe as a whole.
Many of our legends and much of our history tell us that in the 1600's our people moved into the area that is now know as North Carolina. During and, infact, preceding this movement, our ancestors intermingled with and were part of the Saura Nation; and, through inter-marriage with the Saura and other tribes in the area that had achieved some degree of assimulation, movement by our People into white society was augmented.
You may learn more about the origins of the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe in our History section. The Proclamation received from the Govenor of North Carolina for our Pow Wow designated July 10th, 11th and 12th 2009 as Native American Weekend in North Carolina and dates our tribe to 1753 and before.
Welcome to the New Official Tribal web site of the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe. Our name translated from Cherokee means Near River Dwellers. This name is based on the fact that our people have been living on the rivers of Virginia, North Carolina,and South Carolina for well over 400 years. The existence of our people can be documented before first contact to the present time.
As to tribal status, the Nuluti Equani Ehi tribe is not federally recogonized by the BIA and may choose not to pursue this path. We have applied for recognition by the North Carolina Department of Indian Affairs and are undergoing the long process involved in that pursuit. However, we are recognized by Proclamation from the Govenor of North Carolina dating our people to 1752 and before. We were also under treaty with King George executed in 1721 and reported by the King to be the First Government and the first people to enter into a treaty with the Crown in the New World. Our ancesters were the founders of what is now the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee and the Snow Bird.
Several Colleges have established digs and carried out research on land that belonged to our ancestors and on the river on which our people lived. Wake Forest University carbon dates existance to 15,000 years ago and North Carolina University approximates this same time period. Surviving structures of interest to the University of North Carolina are the fish traps in the Yadkin River (Atkin) that were placed there by our people many years ago. The fish traps are built in solid bedrock and are as functional today as they were in the past simply by placing a net in the traps.
The Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe welcomes interest in Citizenship, but those seeking monetary gain by entry into our tribe do not be misled. It is true the Eastern Band of the Cherokee dispense yearly payments, but the money is generated internally by the tribe from the tribal-owned casino. The only benefits the Cherokee Nation provides are medical benefits. Any benifits gained through the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe will be based on what the tribe builds for Citizens and the Tribe as a whole.
Many of our legends and much of our history tell us that in the 1600's our people moved into the area that is now know as North Carolina. During and, infact, preceding this movement, our ancestors intermingled with and were part of the Saura Nation; and, through inter-marriage with the Saura and other tribes in the area that had achieved some degree of assimulation, movement by our People into white society was augmented.
You may learn more about the origins of the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe in our History section. The Proclamation received from the Govenor of North Carolina for our Pow Wow designated July 10th, 11th and 12th 2009 as Native American Weekend in North Carolina and dates our tribe to 1753 and before.
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2010
Govenors Proclamation issued on April 15th 2010 proclaiming Strong Sun Pow Wow as Native American Week End in North Carolina
We have also received Proclamations from the mayor's of Winston-Salem, Clemmons and Yadknville.
We have also received Proclamations from the mayor's of Winston-Salem, Clemmons and Yadknville.
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