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Cherokee heritage groups are associations, societies and other organizations located primarily in the United States, which are made up of people who may have distant heritage from a Cherokee tribe, or who may hold a belief that they have such heritage. Usually such groups consist of those who do not qualify for enrollment in any of the three, federally recognized, Cherokee tribes (The Cherokee Nation, The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, or The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians). Some of these heritage groups, notably the authorized satellite communities of the federally-recognized tribes, seek to preserve Cherokee language and culture.〔 However others are not groups that have existed from historical times, and their members may have no connection whatsoever to Cherokee culture or heritage.〔 While some groups are steadfast in their desire to be culturally accurate, and to find actual connections to the living Cherokee communities, many others may incorporate non-traditional elements such as stereotypes of Plains Indian or Hollywood Indian dress, New Age beliefs, made-up dances and ceremonies, or imitations of what they believe to be Plains-style ceremonies.〔 A heritage group may incorporate study of genealogy and language study, along with providing social events. However, many groups that claim to be tribes have no requirement of Cherokee blood or heritage, and instead focus on pow wows and other festivals which have not historically been part of Cherokee culture.〔 Some have even formed in an effort to gain financial benefits through fraudulent means.〔〔 The Cherokee Nation encourages people of Cherokee heritage to become active in Cherokee Nation satellite communities, which are supervised by actual Cherokee citizens, rather than in heritage groups that have no connection to any of the three Cherokee tribes. ==Origins== The origins of these groups can sometimes be found in fraudulent tribes formed by those whose ancestors were rejected from the Dawes Rolls due to not being Cherokee. Non-Natives often fraudulently applied seeking allotment of lands. Other groups may consist of non-Natives with a tiny amount of very distant Cherokee heritage, but whose ancestors assimilated so thoroughly, and so long ago, that their family no longer has any traces of Cherokee culture, language or ceremonies.〔〔Smithers, Gregory D. "(Why Do So Many Americans Think They Have Cherokee Blood? - The history of a myth )" for ''Slate'', Oct. 1 2015. Accessed Oct. 9, 2015〕〔Joyce, Melissa (2006) "(Impacts of Assimilation )" for ''Mount Holyoke Historical Atlas''. Accessed Oct. 9, 2015〕 In other cases, there are only vague family stories, often told to hide the existence of African American ancestors.〔 In the Indian Territory in what is the present-day state of Oklahoma, the Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee, and Natchez formed the Four Mothers Society to resist the federal government's attempts of forced assimilation and breakup of the five civilized tribes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherokee heritage groups」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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