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As there is sufficient evidence that the tree farm rd. property in St. George, currently under the control of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, is the same land granted to Native Americans for use for 1000 years. And since there has been an active Native American community group on the property since 2007. We demand that the property be returned to the Native American community under the stewardship of Keepers of the Word for the development of a Native American cultural center, to benefit the entire Native American Community.
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I carry the weight of these ancestors with me every day as I work to secure their rightful home on Tree Farm Road. The silence from the Forestry Commission is heavy but we are preparing our documentation to show that this land was promised to our people for a reason.
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I have written several times here of the events that Keepers of the Word have performed for Native American month celebrations and St Kateri ( our first Native American saint) events.The drum team are exceptional and Cathy Nelson plays beautiful flute music. Please sign this petition that the State of SC will honor the Coachman Grant and let these people stay on the land that was given to them !!
SC
Return the property to the rightful owners
I wish I could go back and edit my original comment that I posted when I signed this petition. I would like to add my tribal affiliation. I am a proud member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. I live in South Carolina, and I am new to worshiping and celebrating with my brothers and sisters at Keepers of the Word. Being so far from my own tribe, I am forever grateful that the Creator has led me to finding a place where I can share my Indian heritage with members of other tribes, and practice our traditional spiritual ceremonies. This land, these people, are a vital part of South Carolina history and culture, to the Native people in the area, and to the future of our Indian culture. Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
my prayer and hope this united stats government as well as state governments well honor and live up to and including all treadies recanize that the native american community are an honoble honest and fourth right in there dealings with state and fedrarel governments as see these and many more of this thru this country of ours efoert to resolve this in a timly fashion
I pray that the state will honor this grant, and return the land that was given to them by the colonial government in 1738.
please the is a plea to return what is rightfuly theres to many injusttices have be pusd open the indigenuse people of these land so letus please do the right thing and return the to the true owners so we can and must start a healing proces that is long over do thank you in advance for doing the right ting
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
As there is sufficient evidence that the tree farm rd. property in St. George, currently under the control of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, is the same land granted to Native Americans for use for 1000 years. And since there has been an active Native American community group on the property since 2007. We demand that the property be returned to the Native American community under the stewardship of Keepers of the Word for the development of a Native American cultural center, to benefit the entire Native American Community.
Updates
July 14, 2020
I carry the weight of these ancestors with me every day as I work to secure their rightful home on Tree Farm Road. The silence from the Forestry Commission is heavy but we are preparing our documentation to show that this land was promised to our people for a reason.
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It would be right and healing to honor the intent of the Coachman Grant of 1738.
I have written several times here of the events that Keepers of the Word have performed for Native American month celebrations and St Kateri ( our first Native American saint) events.The drum team are exceptional and Cathy Nelson plays beautiful flute music. Please sign this petition that the State of SC will honor the Coachman Grant and let these people stay on the land that was given to them !!
SC
Return the property to the rightful owners
I wish I could go back and edit my original comment that I posted when I signed this petition. I would like to add my tribal affiliation. I am a proud member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. I live in South Carolina, and I am new to worshiping and celebrating with my brothers and sisters at Keepers of the Word. Being so far from my own tribe, I am forever grateful that the Creator has led me to finding a place where I can share my Indian heritage with members of other tribes, and practice our traditional spiritual ceremonies. This land, these people, are a vital part of South Carolina history and culture, to the Native people in the area, and to the future of our Indian culture. Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
my prayer and hope this united stats government as well as state governments well honor and live up to and including all treadies recanize that the native american community are an honoble honest and fourth right in there dealings with state and fedrarel governments as see these and many more of this thru this country of ours efoert to resolve this in a timly fashion
I pray that the state will honor this grant, and return the land that was given to them by the colonial government in 1738.
please the is a plea to return what is rightfuly theres to many injusttices have be pusd open the indigenuse people of these land so letus please do the right thing and return the to the true owners so we can and must start a healing proces that is long over do thank you in advance for doing the right ting
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It would be right and healing to honor the intent of the Coachman Grant of 1738.