Editing Chickasaw (section)

==State-recognized groups==

The [[Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People]], an organization that alleges to be composed of descendants of Chickasaw who did not leave the Southeast, were recognized as a "state-recognized group" in 2005 by [[South Carolina]]. They are headquartered in [[Hemingway, South Carolina]].<ref>[http://southcarolinaindianaffairs.com/members.html "South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111134058/http://southcarolinaindianaffairs.com/members.html |date=2013-01-11 }} Retrieved 19 September 2012.</ref> 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 or other bands of Chickasaw.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cashin |first1=Edward J. |title=Guardians of the valley: Chickasaws in colonial South Carolina and Georgia |date=2009 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |location=Columbia, S.C. |isbn=978-1570038211 |page=175}}</ref> After receiving letters of complaint concerning the Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People's later petition for recognition as a State Recognized tribe in October 2005, the Commission of Minority Affairs review committee, upon rereview, found that the indigenous ancestry originally being claimed by the group was incorrect.<ref name="seekingstate">{{cite news |last1=Pounds |first1=Keith A. |title=Seeking state recognition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/346192672/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Times and Democrat |agency=Newspapers.com |date=30 October 2005 |language=en}}</ref> The organization remains recognized as a group as of 2023. In 2003, they unsuccessfully petitioned the [[US Department of the Interior]] [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] to try to gain federal recognition as an Indian tribe.<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2003-03-20/html/03-6659.htm "Receipt of Petitions for Federal Acknowledgment of Existence as an Indian Tribe."] ''Federal Register.'' Volume 68, Number 54. 20 March 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2012.</ref>