SEAL OF

United Cherokee Nation
                               Revival of a Nation
United Cherokee Nation (UCN)
In the year 2000 some Cherokee decided it was time to do something about the corruption in the Cherokee  
Nation of Oklahoma a group came together in Convention and revived the 1839 Constitution of the Cherokee.

And the reason and the legitimacy of this action by a group of decendants of Citizens of the Cherokee Nation, who are members of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma by fact of the (CNO) Constitution. Is explained in
THIS PIECE written at the time By David Cornsilk.

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma(CNO)  is
claiming the name ofthe Cherokee Nation, 
that is a lie. Their name is by fact of the
title of  their 1976 Constitution.
This Study
by an Attorney in
the Mankiller era was
done,  it quite well
explains how and why
in the
legal sense,   and very clear that
         CNO IS BOGUS       
In 1999 Chief  Smith   began  the 
name change when he put the term

Cherokee  Nation  for  (CNO)  in
 
different  places it  wasn't  really 
that
noticable because of the subtleness
of the operation.
What  really  points up
the deception  is the
publication of the
words from the 99
revision of the 1976
Constitution,  as  if
they are Cherokee
law, in the following
             
BOGUS publishing
Back during the R O Swimmer, era it is
Quite clear  that he knew  what he had
created was not a sovereign Nation.
He
had a group of Lawyers conduct a study
to ascertain exactly what he could  and
could  not do as the CEO of a 
Sovereignless entity,  we found
     

    This Page from the study

To reiterate Swimmer knew
what he had  created, a Proffessor of Law
at Harvard  is  writing  a book,  may be in
publication to day have not looked
He did
an tnterview of Swimmer in
his own  words
Swimmer detailed what he had created how
and why, be sure and read the footnotes
they are as important to the concept of the
 idea as anything in the
  
Excerpt of Eric Lamont
   In 1970, there was a Law enacted
entitled Principal Chiefs Act, which
is
Pub. L. 91-495, 84 Stat. 1091, it
has been cited in several cases and

it imposes the law that an entity of
Indians unless reorganized under the
Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of
1935 they are not a sovereign entity
and may only promulgate a set of rules
for selecting a Chief nothing about a
Constitution as explained
1970 Pricipal Chief Act Response



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