Who is John Hamilton?
The internet is a
wonderful thing, it has made life easier, better, it times, and helps the
gathering of information.
Therein lies the rub!
Sometimes this
information gets a little fuzzy!
John Hamilton, a great
person, an elder, even a mentor.
John did help our
people throughout his life, he did make many trips to the west.
On one trip as age set
in, he showed up at the meeting with a store bought plains Indian headdress
calling himself chief Rolling Cloud?
Yes, as stated in past
postings, he would run around town on his White Horse and scream like an old
plains Indian warrior however, the people that are laughing at him will someday
be old and senile also, hope that payback does not hurt too much!
John, at times was also
a chief, he earned that job from the Sachem of the tribe!
Hey Chief!
(chief is the lowest offices in the
navy or a leader of a Plains Indian tribe).
It is also a worker in a traditional
tribe from the east coast of Indian country.
While this is true, this is very
important to remember, once that job was finished the person is no longer that
chief, people over look this truth from the ancestors!
Harold Tantaquidgeon
He was a chief!
Courtland Fowler?
According to many of
the then elders, there was doubt that he was even Mohegan?
Alice Storey
land-claims settlements
for a number of unrecognized Indian nations, particularly for the state tribes.
These were tribes that
had been recognized long before by individual state (or colonial) governments,
but did not have the sovereign legal status that came with federal recognition?
Again (THE RUB)!
The states and federal
governments found a way to get out of them all, find some greedy people!
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