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GA S03 E01: Native American Genealogy with Chief Lonzado Langley (Euchee, SC)

In this episode, we spoke with Chief Lonzado Langley of the Euchee in South Carolina about some of the basics when it comes to researching Native American ancestry – with an emphasis on Native American ancestry in the southern coastal states.

Chief Langley shares some important research resources. He…

Georgia gave the Uchee (Euchee/Yuchi) Tribe a reservation in 1958!

MAJOR GAME CHANGER! The Euchee Tribe of Oklahoma is currently a federally recognized division of the Muscogee-Creek Nation . . . although they have for many years sought to have separate federal recognition.  What this information means, however, that the Oklahoma Euchee could immediately claim residence in Georgia as a federally recognized tribe AND build a casino in that reservation. This also…

More information about the Oconee/Okoni/Okvte, who were both Uchee and Creek

In eastern Georgia and southern South Carolina, the Uchee had a symbiotic relationship with the Apalache Creeks.  Archaeologists have found that the Uchee lived in dispersed farmsteads and small hamlets, while the Apalache-Creek elite lived in relatively small fortified compounds.  Pictured above is a fortified compound that is called Shoulderbone Mounds.  The archaeological site is located in…

Warrior of Great Exploits

Negiel Bigpond is a full-blooded Euchee/Yuchi Indian and fourth-generation minister of the Gospel.  His Euchee name is Au wa day, which means Sky Hunter, One Who Seeks Vision,and he has been in the ministry since 1975 as Morning Star Ministries.  Always having a heart for those in prison, Dr. Bigpond has a prison ministry and is a certified drug and alcohol abuse counselor.  With Dr. Jay…

Indians of Columbia County: Custodians of the land before we came

They called themselves Muscogees, but when they settled beside rivers and streams the white man called them Creeks. For a while, they called each other friends.

Since there was no written language in any American Indian tribe until 1825, when Cherokee Chief Sequoia established the first alphabet compatible with his people’s speech, exact dates and itineraries of their migrations are impossible to…

Creating jobs in an unlikely place: butterfly farms

Yup, raising butterflies and selling them to zoos and museums, or to release at weddings and funerals, is a real business — with growing demand.

Jane Breckinridge has been doing it for more than 20 years. Her team at Euchee Butterfly Farm in Oklahoma puts on exhibits, or “butterfly houses,” at places like the Minnesota State Fair. There, people can walk through large garden spaces to watch and…

New post: E is for... the #Euchee language #endangeredlanguage #language #rarelanguage

For E, today, we have the Euchee language.

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