Tenn. Code § 4-1-421

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 4-1-421 - Tennessee's first peoples

The following cultural groups are recognized as Tennessee's first peoples:

(1) The Algonquian peoples, including the Shawnee and Lenape;

(2) The Chickamaugan peoples;

(3) The Iroquoian peoples, including the Cherokee;

(4) The Muskogean peoples, including the Alabama, Coosa, Chickasaw, Natchez, Koasati, Tuskegee, and Taliwa;

(5) The Siouan peoples, including the Quapaw and Mosopelea; and

(6) The Yuchean peoples, including the Chisca, Yuchi, Taougal, Tongeria, and Tamahita.

T.C.A. § 4-1-421

Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 58, s 1, eff. 3/29/2021.