Our Right to Exist

The Sakochee Tribe represents the mixed-blood descendants of many Native Nations—those who were cast out, disenrolled, forgotten, or erased. For centuries, our families:

• Hid their ancestry to avoid removal or violence

• Were denied recognition because of skin color, religion, or marriage

• Were called “too white,” “too black,” or “too late” to be Native

And yet—we endure.
We refuse to vanish into censuses, archives, or silence.

We reject the idea that:

• A colonial government can define Native blood

• A roll book determines the worth of a lineage

• Blood quantum can erase millennia of ancestry

Our identity is not a privilege to be granted.
It is a birthright inherited from the ones who came before.

We are a sovereign tribal nation. Not because a state or federal agency says so—but because:

• We have a living Constitution

• We are led by a hereditary Chief and Tribal Council

• We act, govern, and organize as a People

• We have treaties and tribal governance in place

Recognition does not create us. We recognize ourselves.

The Sakochee Tribe exists for those:

• Rejected by blood quantum rules

• Descended from Native ancestors through maternal lines

• Adopted, disconnected, or denied enrollment

• Blending Native heritage with African, European, or other roots

We exist so that no one with Native blood has to feel like a “half,” a “quarter,” or an “outsider.”
We are whole. We are real. We are Sakochee.

We exist:

• To preserve memory where others tried to erase it

• To build belonging where others built borders

• To defend the right of every descendant to know and honor their Native heritage

We walk forward with the bones of our ancestors in our backs, whispering:

“Do not let them erase us again.”

Our right to exist cannot be debated.
Our existence is not up for permission.

We are here.

We are a nation reborn from silence.

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