THE OUKAH
On page 410 of Emmett Starr's history of the Cherokee begins the listing of the Ross family,
down from a fullblood Cherokee woman named Ghi-goo-ie..
LUDOVIC GRANT (2nd Baronet
Eughiooie of Dalvey)
GHI-GOO-IE
MARY GRANT
William Shorey
William Emory
ANNIE
SHOREY
SUSANNAH EMORY
John
MacDonald
Richard Fields
MARY MACDONALD
GEORGE FIELDS
Daniel Ross
Sarah Coodey
JANE "Jennie"
ROSS
RICHARD FIELDS
Joseph
Coodey
Lydia Shorey
WILLIAM SHOREY COODEY ELIZABETH PACK FIELD
Elizabeth Pack Fields
ELLA FLORA COODEY
Born: Muskogee, Oklahoma, November 28, 1929. It was Thanksgiving Day, and the Oukah sometimes laughingly says: "I think it is only fitting that the entire country celebrated the day of my birth!"
Father: Ross Lee Robinson, g-grandson of Dayunita (William Shorey Coodey), the eldest son of Jane (Jennie) Ross, who was the elder sister of Principal Chief John Ross. John Ross had been prepared to rule, for he had three first-born female ancestresses behind him, but his eldest nephew had FOUR!
Born: Prince of Tsalagi (the Cherokee Nation) November 28, 1929-Feb. 3, 1968
Became: Oukah, King and Emperor, after the death of his father, Feb. 3, 1968 to the present.
Seven is a sacred number to the Cherokees, and the present Oukah inherited seven titles:
Emperor of Tsalagi (the Kingdom of Paradise)
Oukah
King of the Upper Cherokees
King of the Middle Cherokees
King of the Lower Cherokees
Keeper of the Ancient Traditions, and
Supreme God of the Sun.
The present Oukah considers this to be his family business, in fact, an obligation, and the Cherokee people of today have nothing to say about it. Neither do you.
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