Alabama Band of Cherokee(ani kituwahgi) provided by Bravenet.com
Welcome to the Alabama Band of Cherokee web site.Our office and community center are located about half way between the Old Cherokee settlements of Turkey Town and Wills Town at the head of Little Wills Creek in Dekalb County.
In 1838-39 most of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and forced to relocate to Oklahoma. This tragic removal came to be known as the Trail of Tears. But…not all were forced to remove. Many who were married to white settlers were exempt and allowed to stay. Others took shelter with sympathetic white neighbors. It is rumored that some Cherokee claimed to be dutch or (black dutch) in order to escape the removal.
The Alabama Band of Cherokee are the descendants of those who stayed in Alabama.
The goals of the Alabama Band of Cherokee are to provide a gathering place for all Cherokee descendants in Northeast Alabama and to promote our heritage.
If you are who you say you are this may be where you belong.
