Hitchiti (Creek: ahítchita, 'to look upstream'). A Muskhogean tribe formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of Chattahoochee river, 4 miles below Chiaha, and possessing a narrow strip of good land bordering on the river, in west Georgia.
When Hawkins visited them in 1799 they had spread out into two branch settlements, one, the Hitchitudshi, or Little Hitchiti, on both sides of Flint river below the junction of Kinchafoonee creek, which passes through a country named after it; the other, Tutalosi, on a branch of Kinchafoonee creek , 20 miles west of Hitchitudshi.
The tribe is not often mentioned in history, and appears for the first time in 1733, when two of its delegates, with the Lower Creek chiefs, met Gov. Oglethorpe at Savannah. The language appears to have extended beyond the limits of the tribe as here defined, as it was spoken not only in the towns on the Chattahoochee, as Chiaha, Chiahudshi, Hitchiti, Oconee, Sawokli, Sawokliudshi, and Apalachicola, and in those on Flint river, but by the Mikasuki, and, as traceable by the local names, over considerable portions of Georgia and Florida.
The Seminole are also said to have been a half Creek and half Hitchiti speaking people, although their language is now almost identical with Creek; and it is supposed that the Yamasi likewise spoke the Hitchiti language. This language, like the Creek, has an archaic form called "woman's talk," or female language.
The Hitchiti were absorbed into and became an integral part of the Creek Nation, though preserving to a large extent their own language and peculiar customs.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Today in history...
695: Maya King Waxaklahun Ubah K’awil ascends to the throne at Copán, Honduras.
1820: The Kickapoo sign a treaty (7 Stat., 208.) at St. Louis. Auguste Chouteau and Benjamin Stephenson represent the United States of America. Twenty-eight Kickapoo make their marks on the document.
1820: The Kickapoo sign a treaty (7 Stat., 208.) at St. Louis. Auguste Chouteau and Benjamin Stephenson represent the United States of America. Twenty-eight Kickapoo make their marks on the document.
Conflict creates stir on reservation
By: Becky Shay
Two elected leaders of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe had a "misunderstanding" in the tribal administration building Tuesday morning.
Tribal President Eugene Little Coyote said he'll hold a general assembly for tribal employees this morning to address the incident between him and Vice President Rick Wolfname.
"In the coming days and weeks this may be resolved," Little Coyote said. "Or it may have to go through further channels.
"The Bureau of Indian Affairs Acting Police Chief and tribal prosecutor did not return calls.
Little Coyote said there was outrageous speculation about the incident on the reservation. No one was arrested or hospitalized, Little Coyote said.
"It was a big misunderstanding," Little Coyote said. "I'm still at work, we all continue with our duties."
The employee meeting, at 11 a.m. at Charging Horse Casino, will address a number of issues, Little Coyote said, including plans to cancel a tribal land symposium scheduled for this week.
At least one member of the Chief's Society, the traditional form of Northern Cheyenne government made up of a council of 44 chiefs, said that group also will meet today.
Read the full article here: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/18/news/state/45-cheyenne.txt
Two elected leaders of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe had a "misunderstanding" in the tribal administration building Tuesday morning.
Tribal President Eugene Little Coyote said he'll hold a general assembly for tribal employees this morning to address the incident between him and Vice President Rick Wolfname.
"In the coming days and weeks this may be resolved," Little Coyote said. "Or it may have to go through further channels.
"The Bureau of Indian Affairs Acting Police Chief and tribal prosecutor did not return calls.
Little Coyote said there was outrageous speculation about the incident on the reservation. No one was arrested or hospitalized, Little Coyote said.
"It was a big misunderstanding," Little Coyote said. "I'm still at work, we all continue with our duties."
The employee meeting, at 11 a.m. at Charging Horse Casino, will address a number of issues, Little Coyote said, including plans to cancel a tribal land symposium scheduled for this week.
At least one member of the Chief's Society, the traditional form of Northern Cheyenne government made up of a council of 44 chiefs, said that group also will meet today.
Read the full article here: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/18/news/state/45-cheyenne.txt
Eagle feather laws still in place
By: Eddie Glenn
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Although the bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list last month, the laws regulating the possession of the bird’s feathers are still in place.
Both the bald and the golden eagle are still protected by the federal act that bears their names: the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act – also known as the “Eagle Act” – as well as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The Eagle Act was passed in 1940, and prohibits the “take; possession; sale; purchase; barter; offer to sell, purchase, or barter; transport, export or import, of any bald or golden eagle, alive or dead, including any part, nest, or egg, unless allowed by permit.”
Eagle feathers, however, have had spiritual significance to Indian tribes long before the federal government began passing acts. So in the 1970s, the National Eagle Repository was established to provide feathers of bald and golden eagles to tribal members for ceremonial purposes.
“Legally, you have to apply for eagle feathers through the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife,” said Kelly Anquoe, a member of the Kiowa tribe who is certified to possess eagle feathers.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.tuttletimes.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_198103704.html
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Although the bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list last month, the laws regulating the possession of the bird’s feathers are still in place.
Both the bald and the golden eagle are still protected by the federal act that bears their names: the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act – also known as the “Eagle Act” – as well as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The Eagle Act was passed in 1940, and prohibits the “take; possession; sale; purchase; barter; offer to sell, purchase, or barter; transport, export or import, of any bald or golden eagle, alive or dead, including any part, nest, or egg, unless allowed by permit.”
Eagle feathers, however, have had spiritual significance to Indian tribes long before the federal government began passing acts. So in the 1970s, the National Eagle Repository was established to provide feathers of bald and golden eagles to tribal members for ceremonial purposes.
“Legally, you have to apply for eagle feathers through the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife,” said Kelly Anquoe, a member of the Kiowa tribe who is certified to possess eagle feathers.
Want to know more? Click here: http://www.tuttletimes.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_198103704.html
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