Cherokee Organizations

• Southeastern Cherokee Council, Inc. (SeCCI) [www.secci.com] - A national group incorporated in the state of Georgia that allows people of Cherokee mixed blood heritage, who may not be eligible for registration with a federally recognized Cherokee tribe, but have a desire to learn more of and share our Cherokee heritage and to make life better for all Native Americans.
• Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI) [www.nc-cherokee.com] - The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians consists primarily of remnants of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina following the removal of the majority of the Cherokee people to Indian Territory (present day eastern Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears in 1838-1839.
• Cherokee Nation (CN) [www.cherokee.org] - The Cherokee Nation is one of two federally recognized Cherokee tribes located in Oklahoma, built from those who either voluntarily or involuntarily on the Trail of Tears migrated to Indian Territory in the early 19th century.
• United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) [www.unitedkeetoowahband.org] - The United Keetoowah Band is the other of the two federally recognized Cherokee tribes located in Oklahoma. The UKB is known for the strength of its adherence to Cherokee traditional ways.

Cherokee Culture

• Museum of the Cherokee Indians [www.cherokeemuseum.org] - The "official" museum operated by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, NC.
• Sequoyah Birthplace Museum [www.sequoyahmuseum.org] - Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, developed a syllabary (characters that represent the syllable sounds) for the Cherokee language, giving the Cherokee a written language.
• Red Clay State Park [www.theblueridgehighlander.com/state_parks/tennessee/red_clay.html] - Red Clay, TN was the site of the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in the east, prior to the removal of the Cherokee People to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears. The capital was moved just across the state line to Red Clay when the state of Georgia passed laws that prohibited the Cherokee people from meeting at their capital at New Echota, GA.
• Cherokee Font [www.cherokee.org/Culture/Font/CherokeeV1.zip] - Download and install the "official" True Type Cherokee font on your PC.

SeCCI Members

• Joyce Spirit Wind Bugaiski [www.myspace.com/jbugaart] - Spirit Wind is the chief of the Turtle Moon Band of Lakeland, FL and a very talented artist. Her art embodies a Native American (and often Cherokee) theme.
• John Many Winds Ellis [www.turtlemoundflutes.com] - Many Winds makes beautiful Native American style flutes and hand drums. His flutes all have an animal theme and he gives the flutes the Cherokee name of its animal.