Apalachee Indians Talimali Band

Apalachee Indians Talimali Band[1]
Named afterApalachee people; San Luis de Talimali, a 17th-century Spanish mission
Formation2022[1]
Typenonprofit organization[1]
EIN 84-3710212[1][2]
PurposeArts and culture; Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (A12)[1]
Location
Official language
English
President
Troy Kerry[2]
Parent organization
Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians
Revenue$5,761[2] (2024)
Expenses$4,961[2] (2024)
Websiteapalacheetalimaliband.com

The Apalachee Indians Talimali Band is one of several cultural heritage organizations of individuals who identify as descendants of the Apalachee people. The historical Apalachee were a Muskogean language–speaking tribe who lived at the Florida-Georgia border north of the Gulf of Mexico until the beginning of the 18th century.[3]

The Apalachee Indians Talimali Band is one of more than 400 unrecognized tribes.[4] This organization is neither a federally recognized tribe[5][6] nor a state-recognized tribe.[5][7]

This group is not to be confused with the Apalachee Indian Tribe in Alexandria, Louisiana, another unrecognized organization claiming Apalachee identity who also submitted a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition in 1996,[8] or the Talimali Band of Apalachee Indians, another nonprofit organization that is based in Pineville, Louisiana.[9]

Nonprofit organizations

In 2022, the Apalachee Indians Talimali Band incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Stonewall, Louisiana.[1][2]

Troy Kerry is the organization's principal officer.[1]

Status

The Louisiana Office of Indian Affairs oversees state–tribal relations, and there are 11 state-recognized tribes in Louisiana[10] Four federally recognized tribes are headquartered in Louisiana.[11] State and Federal Recognition of Tribes serves as a tool to identify tribal communities that can exist as sovereign entities under the Trust Responsibility and is not a declaration of a tribe's historical legitimacy.[12]

In 2019, Senator Gerald Long introduced Louisiana Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, titled "Recognizes the Apalachee Indians' Talimali Band as a tribe in the state of Louisiana," which died in committee that same year.[13]

This organization tried and failed to gain state recognition from Louisiana in 2022.[14]

Regarding the band's attempts to receive state recognition, Louisiana State Senator Louie Bernard stated: "All of us have this lingering thing that we’ve had forever, that anybody that seeks recognition and in this fashion has another motive in mind. And we all know what that is. But I guess I’m just naive enough to believe that some of these tribes really are not interested in that. They are interested solely in having the pride of having been recognized by their state as who they say they are."[14]

In 2020, Troy Kerry, chief and chairman of the Apalachee Indians Talimali Band, sued the Talimali Band of the Apalachee Indians in Chief Troy Kerry v. Talimali Band of the Apalachee Indians in the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, case no. 92074759-CAN.[15] In 2021, the organization countersued in Talimali Band the Apalachee Indians of Louisiana v. Apalachee Indians Talimali Band et al in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.[16]

Activities

The Apalachee Indians Talimali Band hosts an annual powwow.[17] Troy Kerry spoke on a panel "Native American Legacies" at the bicentennial celebration of Tallahassee, Florida, in 2024.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Apalachee Indians Talimali Band". GuideStar. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Apalachee Indians Talimali Band". Cause IQ. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ McEwan, Bonnie G. (2004). "Apalachee and Neighboring Groups". In Fogelson, Raymond D. (ed.). Handbook of North American Indians: Southeast, Vol. 14. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 669, 670, 676. ISBN 0-16-072300-0.
  4. ^ Hayssen, Sophie (November 24, 2021). "Tribes That Aren't Federally Recognized Face Unique Challenges". Teen Vogue. Retrieved February 28, 2023. The Winnemem are not the only tribe who lack this status. In 2012, the Government Accountability Office counted around 400 unrecognized tribes in the U.S.
  5. ^ a b c Goñi-Lessan, Ana (November 9, 2024). "Miccosukee Tribe returns to Tallahassee on bicentennial, begins new era of self advocacy". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Indian Affairs Bureau. Federal Register. August 23, 2022. pp. 7554–58. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "List of Petitoners By State" (PDF). November 12, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  9. ^ "Apalachee Indians Talimali Band". CauseIQ. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Federal and State-Tribal Contact Information" (PDF). Louisiana Governor's Office of Indian Affairs. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  11. ^ Indian Affairs Bureau (January 12, 2023). "Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Federal Register. 88: 2112–16. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "Federal Acknowledgement or Recognition". Milwaukee Public Museum. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  13. ^ "Louisiana Senate Concurrent Resolution 9". LegiScan. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Heckt, Shannon (June 29, 2022). "Louisiana tribes denied state recognition by Senate committee". BR Proud. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  15. ^ "Chief Troy Kerry v. Talimali Band Of The Apalachee Indians Of Louisiana". PlainSite. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  16. ^ "Talimali Band the Apalachee Indians of Louisiana v. Apalachee Indians Talimali Band et al". Justia. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  17. ^ "Apalachee Indians Talimali Band". 501C3 Lookup. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
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