
Chickamauga Cherokee
Sac and White River Bands

List of 2022 upcoming events
All meetings and gatherings will be at the ceremonial grounds.
For more information see:
SacAndWhite RiverBands.com website or follow on
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9 April 2022
Council Meeting, Ceremonial Grounds, 1pm
11 June 2022
Council Meeting and Spring Gathering at our
Ceremonial Grounds. (Green Corn Ceremony)
6 August 2022
Council Meeting (Mature Green Corn
Ceremony)
8 October 2022
Council Meeting and Fall Gathering held at
our Ceremonial Grounds. (The Great New Moon Festival)
History
The crossed blow-gun dart and Cherokee holy pipe emphasize the Chickamauga's cultural heritage in both war and peace.
Chickamauga Tribe:
Chickamauga Indians (Tsǐkăma’gi, a word apparently of foreign origin and probably Shawnee, Creek, or Chickasaw). The name given to a band of Cherokee who espoused the English cause in the war of the Revolution and moved far down on Tennessee River, establishing new settlements on Chickamauga Creek, in the neighborhood of the present Chattanooga.
Under this name they soon became noted for their uncompromising and never ceasing hostility. In 1782 their towns were destroyed by Sevier and Campbell, and they moved farther down the river, establishing what were afterward known as the “five lower towns,” Running Water, Nickajack, Long Island, Crow Town, and Lookout Mountain Town. Here they were continually recruited by Creeks, Shawnee, and white Tories, until they were estimated to number a thousand warriors. They continued hostilities against the Tennessee settlements until 1794, when their towns were destroyed.
