The following is a listing of known fraudulent Cherokee Tribes, these "groups" are usually made up of people who can't prove they have Cherokee ancestry, so they can't become members of one of the three Federally Recognized Cherokee Nations. Some of these fraudulent tribes have leaders that are known sexual predators..So be extremely careful if you ever find yourself dealing with one of these groups...
The list start with the Chickamauga, then goes state by state...

The Short list of Chickamauga:
White River band of the Chickamauga Cherokee Nation, Waldzon California
Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga Indian Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Fair Play
Echota Chickamauga Cherokee Tribe of New Jersey, Irvington
Northern Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Miami
Free Cherokee-Chickamauga, Chesne Tennessee
Chickamauga Circle of Free Cherokee, Chattanooga
Echota Cherokee Tribe
Elk Valley Band-Council of Chickamauga Cherokee, Estill
Free Cherokees, Chickamaugan Circle, Ooltewah
Tennessee River Band of Chickamauga Cherokee, Chickamauga Station
Free Cherokee Tennessee River Band of Chickamauga, Jasper
Texas Buffalo Bayou Band of Chickamaugan Cherokee, Southern Cherokee Nation

Alabama

1. Cherokee Nation of Alabama, Birmingham
2. Cherokees of Jackson County, Higdon
3. Cherokees of Northeast Alabama, Birmingham
4. Cherokees of Northeast Alabama, Collinsville
5. Cherokees of Southeast Alabama, Dothan
6. Cherokees of Southeast Alabama, Hoover
7. Cherokee River Indian Community, Moulton
8. Cherokee Trust, Alexander City
9. Echota Cherokee Nation, Decatur
10. Echota Cherokee Tribe, Birmingham
11. Echota Cherokee of Alabama, Sylacauga
12. Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Maylene
13. Free Cherokees, Eagle Bear Clan, Hamilton
14. Langley Band of Cherokee Indians in the Southeastern United States
15. North Alabama Cherokees, Creek Path/Willtown District, Scottsboro
16. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Fox Clan, Huntsville
17. United Cherokee Intertribal, Guntersville
18. United Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Daleville
19. United Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Midland City

Alaska

1. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Big Lake
2. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Kenai

Arizona

1. Cherokee Family Ties, Mesa

Arkansas

1. Arkansas Band of Western Cherokees, Mountain Home
2. Arkansas River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
3. Buffalo River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
4. Chickamauga Cherokee Nation, Green Forest
5. Free Cherokees, Helena
6. Free Cherokees, Arkansas Bear Tribe Band, Mountain Home
7. Free Cherokees, Dung Beetle Society, Portland
8. Free Cherokees, Good Medicine Band, Hot Springs
9. Lost Cherokee of Arkansas and Missouri, Jonesboro
10. Neches Tribe-Cherokee Nation, Hot Springs
11. Northern Cherokee Nation, Fayetteville
12. Old Settler Cherokee Nation of Arkansas, Timbo
13. Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of Arkansas and Missouri, Melbourne
14. Western Arkansas Cherokee Tribe, Midway
15. Western Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Paragould
16. White River Band of Northern Cherokee Indians, Fayetteville
17. White River band of the Chickamauga Cherokee Nation, Waldzon

California

1. Ani-Yun-Wiya Society, Bakersfield
2. Cherokees of California, Inc. Marysville
3. Cherokee Seven Clans Council, Bakersfield
4. Free Cherokees, Sutter Creek
5. Running Water Cherokee Indians, Bakersfield
6. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Buffalo Clan
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Manzanita Band, Redding

Colorado

1. Echota Cherokee, Denver

Connecticut

1. Free Cherokees, Madison
2. Free Cherokees, Moon Band, Groton
3. Free Cherokees, Snake Band, Oakville

Florida

1. Amonsquath Tribe of Cherokees, Bear Clan, DeFuniak Springs
2. E-Chota Cherokee Tribe of Florida, Sneads
3. E-Chota Cherokee Indian Tribe of Florida, DeFuniak Springs
4. Free Cherokees, National Veterans Band, DeLand
5. South Florida Cherokee Band, Bowling Green
6. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Orlando
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Jacksonville
8. Southeastern Cherokee, Confederacy, Sarasota
9. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Sebring
10. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Bear Clan, Orlando
11. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Beaver Clan, Ft. Walton Beach
12. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Blue Clan, Sebring
13. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Crow Band, Ocala
14. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Long Hair Band, Tallahassee
15. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Many Lakes Band, Wachula
16. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Pine Knot Clan, Tarpon
17. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Rattlesnake Band, Bradenton
18. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Turtle Clan, Jacksonville
19. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Wild Potato Clan, Gainesville
20. Southeastern Cherokee and Creek Tribe, Orange Springs
21. Southern Band of Cherokees, Deland
22. Tchlaki Croatan Nation, Pompano
23. Tuscola United Cherokee Tribe of Florida and Alabama, Geneva

Georgia

1. American Cherokee Confederacy, Leesburg
2. American Cherokee Council, Ochloknee
3. Bird Clan of the Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band, Albany
4. Cane Break Band of Eastern Cherokees, Dahlonega
5. Chattahoochee Valley Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
6. Cherokees of Georgia, Hilliard
7. Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council, Scottsdale
8. Cherokee Indians of Georgia, Columbus
9. Cherokee Indians of Georgia Inc., Albany
10. Chickamauga Cherokee Band of Northwest Georgia, Rossville
11. Dahlonega Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation, Dahlonega
12. Etowah Cherokee Nation, Quitman
13. Free Cherokees, Ball Ground
14. Free Cherokees, Marietta
15. Free Cherokees, Good Medicine Band, Cummings
16. Free Cherokees, Good Medicine Society, Mableton
17. Free Cherokees, Turtle Clan, Atlanta
18. Free Cherokees of Northwest Georgia, Rossville
19. Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee, Dahlonega
20. Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee, Inc., Dawsonville
21. Ossahatchee Creek Band, Etowah District, Southern Cherokee Nation
22. Pearl River Band, Etowah District, Southern Cherokee Nation
23. Southern Band of Cherokees and Creeks, Ellijay
24. Southeast Kituwah Nation, Wayatali Uku, Warner Robins
25. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Adel
26. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Lake Park
27. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Ocklocknee
28. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Sylvester
29. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Thomasville
30. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Valdosta
31. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Bird Clan, Waycross
32. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Dear Clan, Quitman
33. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Eagle Clan, Albany
34. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Fire Clan, Macon
35. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Holly Clan, Dearing
36. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Inc., Leesburg
37. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Lower Etowah Clan, Rossville
38. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Panther Clan, Bainbridge
39. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Donaldson
40. Southeastern Cherokee Council, Inc., Ochloknee
41. Tugalo Cherokee Tribe, Canton
42. Uganawvkalvgv Kituwah Ayeli, Warner Robbins
43. United Cherokee Nation

Idaho

1. Wild Potato Clan of the Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band, Nampa

Indiana

1. Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indiana
2. Midwest Cherokee Alliance
3. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Paint Clan, Rochester

Kansas

1. Neosho River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation Kentucky
1. Delilah Whitecloud United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Kentucky
2. Rainbow Cherokees, Frankfort
3. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Evarts
4. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Black Wolf and Warrior Society, Wallins Creek

Louisiana

1. Amonsquath Tribe of Cherokee, Deer Clan, Farmersville
2. Four Winds Band of Cherokee, State Recognized

Maryland

1. Free Cherokees, Mechanicsville
2. Free Cherokee, Bird Clan, Chapitco
3. Free Cherokees, Wild Potato Band, Hollywood

Massachusetts

1. Free Cherokees, Eagle Council, Reading
2. Free Cherokees, Wild Potato Band, Feeding Hill

Michigan

1. Free Cherokees, National Veterans Band, Holt

Mississippi

1. Free Cherokees, Star Hawk Band, Jackson

Missouri

1. Amonsquath Tribe of Cherokee, Hannibal
2. Amonsquath Tribe of Cherokee, Deering
3. Amonsquath Tribe of Cherokee, Powhatan Clan, Sparta
4. Central Missouri Cherokee Tribe, Centralia
5. Chickamauga Cherokee Nation, Rockport
6. Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Republic
7. Cherokee Nation West, Southern Band of the Eastern Cherokee Indians of Missouri and Arkansas, Seneca
8. Elk River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
9. Free Cherokees, Dogwood band, Ashland
10. Free Cherokees, Hummingbird Clan, Columbia
11. Missouri River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
12. Northern Cherokee Nation, Independence
13. Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, Columbia
14. Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians of Missouri and Arkansas, Clinton
15. Northern Cherokee Tribe of Missouri, Columbia
16. Northern Cherokee Nation of Old Louisiana Territory, Columbia
17. Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of Arkansas and Missouri, Alton
18. Sac River and White River Bands of the Chickamauga Indian Nation of Arkansas and Missouri, Fair Play
19. St. Francis River Band of Cherokee Indians
20. Wilderness Tribe of Missouri, Alton

Nebraska

1. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Coyote Band, Barnston

New Jersey

1. Echota Chickamauga Cherokee Tribe of New Jersey, Irvington
2. Free Cherokees, Osprey Band, Mays Landing

New York

1. Free Cherokees, North Hudson
2. Free Cherokees, Deer Council, Brooklyn
3. Free Cherokees, Many Walks Council, Stony Creek
4. Free Cherokees, Wolf Council, Scottsville
5. Mary Trail of Tears Long House, Brooklyn
6. Nuyagi Keetoowah, Inc., New York
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Mastic

North Carolina

1. Cherokee Indian Tribe of Robeson and Adjoining Counties, Red Springs
2. Cherokee Indians of Hoke City, Lumber Bridge
3. Cherokee-Powhatan Indian Association, Roxboro,
4. Creek-Cherokee Indians, Pine Tree Clan, Cherokee
5. Free Cherokees, Chapel Hill
6. Ridge Band of Cherokees, Ridgecrest
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Cedar Grove
8. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Haw River
9. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Silver Cloud Clan, Cedar Grove

Ohio

1. Cherokee Delaware Indian Center, Coshocton
2. Cherokee United Intertribal Indian Council
3. Eastern Cherokee Nation, Overhill Band, Columbus
4. Etowah Cherokee Nation, Portsmouth
5. Free Cherokees, Hokshichanklya Band, Creola
6. Ohio Cherokees, West Portsmouth
7. Tallige Cherokee Nation, Fire Clan, Portsmouth

Oklahoma

1. Canadian River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
2. Northern Cherokee Tribe of Indians, Weatherford
3. Northern Chickamauga Cherokee Nation of Arkansas and Missouri
4. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Horse Clan
5. Southern Cherokee Nation, Webber’s Falls

Oregon

1. Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band of the Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Talent
2. Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band, Deer Clan, Bend
3. Northwest Cherokee Wolf Band, Paint Clan, Salem
4. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Medford
5. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Badger Band, Golden Hill
6. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Paint Band, Salem
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Wolf Band, Phoenix

Pennsylvania

1. Inagei Tsalagi, Cherokees of Virginia, Allison Park
2. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy
3. Tsalagi Elohi Cherokee Earth
4. United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia, Sewickly

South Carolina

1. Cherokees of South Carolina, Columbia
2. Free Cherokee-Chickamauga, Chesne

Tennessee

1. Cherokees of Lawrence County, Leoma
2. Chickamauga Circle of Free Cherokee, Chattanooga
3. Echota Cherokee Tribe
4. Elk Valley Band-Council of Chickamauga Cherokee, Estill
5. Elk Valley Council Band of Free Cherokees, Pigeon Forge
6. Etowah Cherokee Nation, Cleveland
7. Etowah Cherokee Nation, Pigeon Forge
8. Faraway Cherokee Association, Memphis
9. Free Cherokees, Grandview
10. Free Cherokees, Chickamaugan Circle, Ooltewah
11. Free Cherokees, Good Medicine Society, Grandview
12. Original Cherokee Nation, Chattanooga
13. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Red Clay Inter-Tribal Indian Band, Ooltewah
14. Tennessee Band of the Cherokee, Inc., Strawberry Plains
15. Tennessee River Band of Chickamauga Cherokee, Chickamauga Station
16. Turkeytown Association of the Cherokee, Nashville

Texas

1. American Cherokee Tribe of Texas, Lumberton
2. Cherokee Nation of Texas Limited
3. Cherokee Nation of Texas, Tsalagi Nvdagi, Troup
4. Court of the Golden Eagle, His Royal and Imperial Majesty, The Oukah, Emperor of Tsalagi (the Kingdom of Paradise), King of the Upper Cherokees, King of theMiddle Cherokees, King of the Lower Cherokees, Keeper of the AncientTraditions, and Supreme God of the Sun, The Cherokee Nations, Dallas
5. Free Cherokee Tennessee River Band of Chickamauga, Jasper
6. Free Cherokees, Hummingbird Clan, Dallas
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Hawk Clan, Mineral Wells
8. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Sequoyah Clan, El Paso
9. Southeastern Cherokee Tribe and Associated Bands, Porter
10. Sovereign Cherokee Nation-Tejas, Mesquite, Dallas
11. Texas Band of Cherokee Indians of the Mount Tabor Indian Community
12. Texas Buffalo Bayou Band of Chickamaugan Cherokee, Southern Cherokee Nation
13. Texas Gulf Coast Cherokee and Associated Bands, New Caney

Utah

1. Cherokee Indian Descendents Organization of the Ani-Yun-Wiya
2. Colorado River Band of the Southern Cherokee Nation
3. Rocky Mountain Band of Cherokee Descendents, Magna

Vermont

1. Free Cherokees, Tribal Council, Springfield
2. Green Mountain band of Cherokee, Bristol
3. Sunray Meditation Society, Bristol

Virginia

1. Buffalo Ridge Cherokees
2. Cherokees of Virginia, Birdtown
3. Free Cherokees, Spider Clan, Richmond
4. Inagei Tsalagi, Cherokees of Virginia, Rapidan
5. Northern Tsalagi Indian Nation
6. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Crimora
7. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Pine Log Clan, Fairfax
8. Turtle Band of Cherokee, Evington
9. United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia, Madison Heights

West Virginia

1. United Cherokee Tribes of West Virginia

Washington

1. Anisahani Blue Clan, Woodland
2. Free Cherokees, Four Directions Council, Toledo
3. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy, Haddock/Compton Clan, Vancouver

Wisconsin

1. Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy

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