The Southern Cherokee Nation is a Federally Recognized Band of the Cherokee Nation, by an Act of Congress 29 July 1866. The Sovereign Band, comprised of Treaty Party and Freedmen descendents, is headquartered at Webbers Falls Oklahoma, on Tribal Property, with Seven (7) County Jurisdiction in the State of Oklahoma as defined in Article 4 of the 1866 Ratified Treaty located at 14 Stat.799 dtd 29 July 1866, which includes, the following Counties; Tulsa, Washington Rogers, Mayes, Wagoner, Muskogee, and McIntosh.

The “Trail of Tears” forced relocation of Cherokees in 1838

SCN's boundaries are defined and listed within the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1883-1884 (Washington Govt. Printing Office 1887), and also contained in the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated (published in 1986 by Equity Publishing Co), Titled under Appendices 2. Federal Acts:"Agreement with Cherokees, April 1, 1901, page 339 Article 74". The Article states "All instruments of writing affecting lands in the Cherokee Nation which lie South of Spavinaw Creek, East of Grand River, and North of Arkansas River, and all other instruments affecting property within such boundaries, required by law to be recorded, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the United States Court at Tahlequah;(This Act of Congress recognizes the limits of the Cherokee Nation in the Tahlequah district North of the Arkansas River and East of the Grand River) and All instruments of writing affecting lands in said Nation lying North of the Arkansas River, North of Spavinaw Creek, and West of Grand River, and all other instruments affecting property within said boundaries, required by law to be recorded, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the United States court at Vinita; Provided; That this shall not include the record of original deeds to allotments and other parcels of lands, and of town lots, herein otherwise provided for". (This Act of Congress recognizes the limits of the Cherokee Nation, North of the Arkansas and, North of Spavinaw Creek West of the Grand). NOTE: This Act of Congress (21 Stat. 846) also recognizes the Southern Cherokees lands and Jurisdiction to be South of Spavinaw Creek West of the Grand River, and South of the Arkansas River.

This 1901 Agreement,(Federal Statute; 21 Stat 846), published in the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated, clearly shows that the Cherokee Nation and the United States recognized the 7 county jurisdiction of the Southern Cherokee as being South of Spavinaw Creek West of the Grand River and South of the Arkansas River. This 1901 Agreement upheld the jurisdiction and more clearly the boundaries of the Southern Cherokee as defined in the 1866 Treaty, and follows the Smithsonian Reports listing of the Southern Cherokees Boundaries, and Jurisdiction.

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