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Bureau of Indian Affairs. We are however in the process of seeking U. S. recognition. We are
not part of the Oklahoma or North Carolina Cherokee Bands, but we are related by blood
kinship.
The Tsalagiyi Nvdagi, under the name of Texas Cherokee, signed a treaty with the Republic of
Texas on February 23, 1836. Texas violated that treaty when they drove the Texas Cherokee
and their related bands from Texas by gun and knife on July 16, 1839, and Chief Diwali
(principal chief at that time and known to the whites as Bowles) was killed. Those who
survived the massacre, either fled to other locations or hid in the deep forest of East Texas so
they would not suffer a similar fate.
We who have come together to reinstate our tribe are very proud people. We will last as long
as there is a drop of Ani-Tsalagi blood left among us.