Chaloklowa Chickasaw
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The Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People or Chaloklowa Chickasaw is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[1][2] and "state-recognized group" not to be confused with a state-recognized tribe.[5] The state of South Carolina gave them the state-recognized group and special interest organization designation under the SC Code Section 1-31-40 (A) (7)(10), Statutory Authority Chapter 139 (100-111) in 2005.[6]
Abbreviation | Chaloklowa Chickasaw |
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Formation | June 21, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-06-21)[1] |
Founder | Vernon M. Tanner[1] |
Founded at | Hemingway, SC[1] |
Type | Nonprofit |
EIN 57-1081738[2] | |
Purpose | A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness[2] |
Headquarters | Indiantown, South Carolina[3] |
Membership | 176[4] |
Official language | English |
The organization claims descent from 50 Chickasaws who moved to South Carolina at the state's request in the 18th century.[7] The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands who formerly inhabited parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Chaloklowa is said to come from the Chickasaw word chalokloha[8] which means turkey.[9] The organization sometimes refers to its leaders as mingo, a title said to derive from the Chickasaw word miko[10] which means chief.[5] Late historian Edward J. Cashin, a professor of colonial era history and Director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History at Augusta State University, was unable to ascertain the organization's connection to the Savannah River Chickasaws.[11]