Ridgetop Shawnee
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Formation | January 22, 2009[1] |
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Founder | William Hayes Shackleford[1] |
Dissolved | September 10, 2011[1] |
Location | |
Official language | English |
Website | ridgetopshawnee |
The Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe of Indians is a
ancestry.Nonprofit organization
In June 2013, the Pine Mountain Indian Community, LLC, announced that the Ridgetop group would be renamed as the Ridgetop Shawnee, to serve as the heritage arm of this nonprofit organization. Within this new management structure, the Ridgetop Shawnee would concentrate on the preservation and protection of the heritage of the region. The Pine Mountain Indian Community would focus on economic development and community development in Southeastern Kentucky.[citation needed]
William Hayes Shackleford founded the Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe of Indians, LLC, as a limited liability company and nonprofit organization, based in Hazard, Kentucky, in 2009.[1] The organization went inactive but became active again in 2021, with Jeffery R. Morgan serving as its registered agent.[1]
Shackleford organized the Pine Mountain Indian Community, Kentucky LLC in 2013, also a nonprofit limited liability company in Hazard, Kentucky.[2] This organization dissolved in September 2015.[2] Morgan served as this organization's registered agent.[2]
Status, recognition, and identity
The
In 2009, the State House of the
While the State of Kentucky has a Native American Heritage Commission,
Legal advocacy
Since the late 20th century, the Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe contributed to the passage of local ordinances that prohibit digging, or
See also
- Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
- Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
- Shawnee Tribe
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ridgetop Shawnee Tribe of Indians L.L.C." OpenCorporates. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Pine Mountain Indian Community, Kentucky LLC". OpenCorporates. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Cultural Preservation Department" (PDF). The Absentee Shawnee News. No. 11, Vol. 25. Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. November 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Kentucky General Assembly 2010 Regular Session HJR-16". kentucky.gov, updated 9-2-2010. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ "Kentucky General Assembly 2009 Regular Session HJR-15". kentucky.gov, updated 5-2-2009. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ "House Joint Resolution 16". Kentucky General Assembly. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b Hume, Sarah (November 23, 2023). "Written out of existence? Native Americans in Kentucky push for recognition of culture". Courier Journal. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "State Recognition of American Indian Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Carrie Stambaugh (4 July 2009). "Mounds will be fenced off from public". Daily Independent (Ashland, KY). Retrieved 15 January 2012.