The Whitetop Laurel Band Of Cherokee's was originally established nine years before the Eastern Cherokee. The tribe was located in the tri-state Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee borders. The original Whitetop Laurel Band Of Cherokee's lasted over a decade and was mostly made up of Sizemore's who where descendants of George All Sizemore.
About 2,000 of this same group of Sizemore's applied to the Eastern Cherokee for membership and all 2,000 where rejected for one reason or another. One being the Sizemore family was not on the dawes or any Cherokee census rolls.
We are seeking the federal recognition of our tribe to unite and open enrollments to other families who was classified as mulatto, Metis anything but Native American and to restore their right to self determination.