[1] Its missions is the "Education of general public with regard to Cherokee nation history, culture and background.

The Supreme Court made plain the exclusion of states from tribal matters in the earliest and most important cases that make up the foundation of Indian Law.

They have also claimed that their ancestors were so white-passing and assimilated that they could escape detection simply by wearing hats and long-sleeved shirts to avoid getting a tan and by speaking English rather than Cherokee.

[8] In 1980 a group of people ineligible to enroll in any federally recognized Native American tribe set up a nonprofit heritage club known as "The Echota Cherokee."

[10] Their stated accomplishments and goals at this time were that they had elected a council, and hoped to offer "instruction in the Cherokee language through the Alabama public school system.