Tsalagihi

Tsalagihi is in the homeland of the Five Nations, in what was once Eastern Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas. It’s capital is Tahlequah.

History

In 2041, near the end of the First Continental War, the Cherokee Nation declared itself the independent Nation of Tsalagihi. It reclaimed all of the original United States treaty lands west of the Mississippi and north of the Arkansas River, including much of northern Arkansas, and Missouri up to the Osage River.

In 2043, the new Texas Republic claimed all of the lands south of the Arkansas River and sent an occupation force into southern Oklahoma, threatening to uproot the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal lands. The alarmed tribes petitioned the new nation of Tsalagihi to join. Tsalagihi agreed to accept the petitions, along with similar petitions from the Creek, Osage, and Seminole Tribes.

After negotiations, the neighboring tribes were admitted into the United Tribal Council, and the new nation declared itself open to all tribal peoples of the Americas. The new United Tribes, with help from Heartland, pushed back the invading Texans and re-established the Red River as the border.

United Tribes of Oklahoma invited all native tribal members from all tribes to apply for citizenship in the new nation of Tsalagihi (meaning Cherokee Place). The culture is inter-tribal.

Population and Demographics

Population: 12.6 million

The largest cities of Tsalagihi are:

• West Tulsa (1.2 million)
• Tahlequah (823,000)
• Springfield (429,000)
• Little Rock (357,000)
• Muskogee (307,000)
• New Cahokia (276,000)

Government

Tsalagihi has a tribal council form of government, Tsalagihi has seven confederated districts, but national Council of Tribes is based on eight tribal councils, as well as the seven districts., which include an all peoples-council (native immigrants from outside the Nation), a yonega (non-native) council, and six territorial tribal councils: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Osage, and Seminole. The Yonega Council is the largest, comprising nearly 40% of the population. Due to the flight of many whites after the wars, the native populations represent a majority of approximately 60%.

There are seven self-governing, confederated districts:

• Arkansas District (2.2 million, capital: Little Rock )
• Cherokee District (2.1 million, capital: Tahlequah)
• Kansas District (1.4 million, capital: Joplin)
• Missouri District (2.0 million, capital: New Cahokia)
• Ozark District (1.6 million; capital: Springfield)
• Osage District (.9 million, capital: Pawhuska)
• Three Tribes District (2.4 million; capital: Muskogee)

See: Map of Tsalagihi, 2055.
See: North America, 2055.

Political Boundaries