artist: Al Agnew

One Fine Day

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Coosaponakeesa (Mary Musgrove) - Creek

By Julia WhiteMary was born in Alabama, the original homeland of the Creek Nation, the daughter of another chief who believed in peaceful co-existence with the whites. Mary was sent to South Carolina at age 7 to be educated in the English schools there. During her schooling, she was baptized into the Church of England, and given the name of Mary. At the age of 16, Mary married an English settler, John Musgrove, and together they established a trading post between South Carolina and her homeland in Alabama. Because of Mary s fairness, and her knowledge of both Native and English ways, the trading post became highly successful. Mary earned great respect throughout the territory. When John Oglethorpe arrived in 1733 with a charter from King George II to establish a new English colony, he found Mary, already highly successful and a political force. Forever loyal to the English, Mary taught Oglethorpe how to trade fairly, and assisted him in opening several trading posts throughout the territory. Acting as negotiator, mediator and interpreter for Oglethorpe, Mary became an even more successful political figure. Mary s reputation was widely known, and she faced increasing pressure from both the French and the Spanish to join forces with their interests, and for the Creek Nation to desert the British. However, Mary stood firm and was able to single-handedly hold the peace in her territory due to her powerful influence with the Creek people, and with the English. With her position, Mary was able to supply information on French and Spanish plans and movements to Oglethorpe and, because of her diplomatic skills, her support and her tireless efforts, Oglethorpe was able to establish his English colony -- now known as the State of Georgia. Mary died at age 63, and is buried on St. Catharine's Island, Georgia.

artist: Al Agnew

"PEACEFUL MOMENT" 

Location of different tribes as links do not seem to work?

 

 

 

artist: Gamini Rantavira

American Pride
Bald eagles

Has your Tribe or Clan been lost from view?

research a passion <link Be sure to read the true personal story of finding his brothers fathers tribe family in NC USA.

Wontolla's Reservation

North American Indian Nations
Tribes, Bands and Clans
recognized or not or vanished but mentioned Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our People?   In old Europe, (American) Indians have a legendary Myth, because people like me read, mainly during their childhood, many novels wherein Indians are described as sometimes cruel, tragically, but finally proud and very honorable heros, deserving of respect and admiration; absolutely trustworthy, reliable and upright; having integrity, abiding by moral values and beliefs. Indian heros like Tecumseh, Geronimo, Hokolesqua, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Seattle, Chief Joseph, the fictional Winnetou and many others, were of the nature of wich namely customary but also visionary citizens, not only in Old Europe, seek to be. Indian peoples are high respected here.
With this background and after reading more substantiate books, seen movies and dokumentary films I believed to know much about American Indians. But when I was asked for the meaning of Tsistsista, I was not able to find an answer. To close this gap, I began to list Indian Tribes, Nations and Bands with their optionally respective alternative Names. Sometimes I got somewhat confused, but I became overwhelmed and sad about the incredible number of vanished populations. 
During tis work I found my halfbrother's relatives among the Lumbees in NC.
Now while I'm older, with more experience, after reading hundreds of tribal histories, my opinion about Indians changed not much. Even Indian Individuals may not differ much from others, my admiration for Indian peoples increased as the mistrust to the ruling American society. Even I condemn these harshly, now I'm no more surprised about the hostile incidents against America.

Because I also wanted to see the relations between the tribes, I had to sort it in an order. To sort according to locations seems to be not reasonable because many tribes, especially the vanished, roamed around over the centuries. Although many are extinct nowadays, changing their origin language was very rare in the tribes histories. Therefore I sorted roughly according to the main language of the Nations. But the languages are not the purpose of this listing. 
I do not understand nor do I accept, that tribes or Indian Nations should be recognized as Indians or not. Anyway, for this listing this fact is not significantly. Not only existing tribes are listed, much more of them are vanished. 

FR = Federally Recognized.
RS = Recognized by State.
NR = Not Recognized, but existing Indians.
    0 = vanished, extinct

The work is still in progress.
To correct errors, to complete or to comment the listing, e-mail to Wontolla@Wontolla.de We cannot harbor the bitterness of the past, but use the understanding to build a more loving, gentle world for today and tomorrow. We must acknowledge that all human beings are interrelated. We are here to care for one another.  — Cheewa James (Modoc)
  Index assorted to 1. language families and 2. nations resp. tribes Languages Nations Algonkin Abenaki Algonkin Atsina Blackfoot Cheyenne    Chippewa Cree Delaware Illinois Mahican Mattabesic Metoac Miami Mohegan Montagnais Narraganset Nipmuck Ojibwa Ottawa Pequot Pocumtuc Potawatomi Shawano Wabanaki Wampanoag Wappinger  

continued at link to see all the Tribes info he has collected.