all working hard to attain. Please join
us on our journey to make these goals a
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The Tsalagiyi Nvdagi, Inc. is a non-profit, publicly supported
organization as described by the Department of the Treasury in
sections 501 (c) (3), 509 (a) (1), and 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi). All persons
making donations of land or money may claim the donation as a tax
deduction on their tax returns.
The Tsalagiyi Nvdagi hope to be able to purchase land in Southern
Smith County, Texas or Northern Cherokee County, Texas for our
tribal headquarters.
We are of the Seven Clan Society. Our tribe has a Chief (Ugu) and a
seven member Governing Council. The Ani-Tsalagi (Cherokee
People) had an elected representative republic in operation long
before the European came to our land. All the present leaders of the
Tsalagiyi Nvdagi believe in an elected government, not one
mandated by founders, or a small group of former chiefs, or by
birthright, or by force of armed power.
Our projected programs for the benefit of our people are:
To give grants to members who are qualified to go to higher
education.
To help our elderly and give assistance to those who are in a
physically impaired status.
To assist our members in buying homes.
To procure funds to build a living village on the style of the Tsalagiyi
Nvdagi during the early 1800's for visitors and vacationers. The
living village will be of educational value and provide financial
support for the tribe.
To build an administration building, a seven sided Council House of
traditional architectural style.
To build a Library and Museum which will provide researchers a
source for valuable material on the Cherokee. There will be material
on the culture, on what religion there is left, and on the history of the
Cherokee from the earliest times to the modern day.
To provide facilities for teaching our language to children and adults.
This will keep our traditional language, the Southern Iroquois, which
is thousands of years old, alive. Archeologists believe that the
Northern and Southern Iroquois language was separated over 3,000
years ago. The language will be taught by personal instructors, by
tapes, and videos.
To establish a medical clinic that will provide our members with
medical care by a full time nurse, from traditional Medicine Doctors,
by Medical Doctors (MD) on call, and by visiting Medical Doctors (MD).
To provide motel-type accommodations for members who bring their
ill family member to be medically treated.
Our tribe is known to our people as Ani-Tsalagi. An individual is
called Tsalagi. Nvdagi is "Texas" in our language. We are known to
the rest of the world as Cherokee, a name given to us by the
Choctaw. The word comes from the ancient Choctaw trade language
word "Chuliki," "People from the Cave country."
If you wish to help us attain our goals for the future, our mailing
address is:
Tsalagiyi Nvdagi
P. O. Box 492
Troup, TX 75789
few things that we would like to accomplish in the coming year. One of which is
getting to know those who are near us. We would like to have a small pow wow
eventually and a few potlucks for all to enjoy.
We would also like to get together to teach each other the different crafts that
some of us are so good at.
We would also like to learn about the language along with anyone else who
would like to.
Another thing we would like to do is learn the traditional songs and ceremonies.
The more the merrier please use our contact page if you have a craft , recipes,
or anything else you would like to share with us.