Category: Chiefs

Chief Billy "Red Wing" Tayac plans to attend The Gathering

9/29/2015

Chief Billy "Red Wing" Tayac of the is the present hereditary chief of the Piscataway Indian Nation of Maryland and an American Indian Movement (AIM) leader and activist.

He was a participant in many Native American struggles including Wounded Knee, Gankineh, Big Mountain, OK’a, Gustafson Lake, the Salvadorian Indian Movement, and the Ecuadorian Indian Movement.

He has been Leonard Peltier’s advisor and spokesman for 24 years and was also the principal negotiator of Native American religion in Maryland and many federal penitentiaries and the Department of Interior.

During an Oct. 21, 2012 ceremony on the grounds of St. Ignatius Parish in Chapel Point, Billy Redwing Tayac – the chief of the Piscataway Indian nation –prays before a statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, who was canonized as a saint earlier that day in Rome.

Chief Bass of the Nansemond plans to attend The Gathering

9/29/2015

Chief Earl Bass of Nansemond plans to attend The Gathering scheduled for Oct. 30 - Nov. 1.

The Nansemond are a Virginia State recognized Tribe. They are not Federally recognized but are one of six Virginia tribes without reservations that are included in a bill for Federal recognition under consideration by the United States Congress.

The 2016 Nansemond Powwow is August 20th & 21st.

Most members of the tribe live in the Suffolk/Chesapeake, Virginia area.

At the time of European encounter, the historic Nansemond tribe spoke one of the Algonquian languages

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Wolf Creek Cherokee Chief Price to Attend The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1

9/25/2015

Chief Terry Price of Virginia's Wolf Creek Cherokee is scheduled to attend The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1

The Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe, Inc. is organized as a non-profit 501(3) (c)corporation and shall be operated specifically, primarily and exclusively for charitable, literary, educational, and philanthropic purposes which shall include the establishment of a forum for the interchange of ideas and information between the Wolf Creek Cherokee Indians and all other Indian Nations, Tribes and Bands.

The study of the past and the present culture and language of the Cherokee people, the improvement of the standards of living, health image, education and the professional attainment of the Cherokee people, along with the identification of all objectives.

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Photo of Chief Terry Price of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe, Inc. Courtesy of Photographer Jeff Seymour

The Wolf Creek Cherokee museum offers preservation of artifacts as well as artwork, research in genealogy, and educational classes.

Chief Terry Price, pictured in Southern straight regalia at local Virginia Pow Wow

Chief Billy "Red Wing" Tayac plans to attend The Gathering

Chief Bass of the Nansemond plans to attend The Gathering

Wolf Creek Cherokee Chief Price to Attend The Gathering Oct. 30 - Nov. 1

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