Second Opinions on "Tuscumbia Landing"

First, short and sweet:

Bob Perry is not the spokesperson for Tuscumbia Landing nor Inspiration Landing.  I'm not sure where you got the misinformation from. Bob has distanced from the project that Sheffield decided to proceed with.

We took the information from a 2015 TD article. Obviously, since there is some conflict here, the TD would never update it and cause any readers to reflect on what's really going on.

Now some more pithy remarks:

Why should Tuscumbia have anything to do with "Tuscumbia Landing" since it's located in Sheffield? Is that town trying to create an overflow? Steal the glory from Sheffield? No wonder (Ian) Sanford didn't participate in any meetings with Hoskin and Underwood.

I doubt it gets much farther, but if it does, the town of Sheffield will have to deal with the tribes you mentioned in your blog unless a judge decides different. Then you're talking years of litigation and John Elkington ain't gonna live that long with his current trophy wife. In fact, does Sheffield have an insurance policy on Elkington? Might be worth it.

Finally:

 

Too many Indians there. Let's get Elizabeth Warren down here too. Indians can be 1/16 in some states, but have to be 1/8 in others. People like Robert Perry can just say they're Indian, but what if they're 1/4 Apache, 1/4 Chickasaw, 1/4 Cree, and 1/4 Navaho? 

People understand the difference between French and English and they live just 50 miles apart. What about Indian tribes that live 2,000 miles apart? Why do people lump them together and give people like Warren and Perry a pass on being "Indian?"

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Looking on the bright side, we now have room for a new scam to move into Colbert County...

 

Tuscumbia Tribal Wars 2017 or Know Your Cherokees

The State of Alabama recognizes the following indigenous Indian tribes: 

• Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians^[5][7][8]
• Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (formerly Cherokees of Jackson County, Alabama)^[5] Letter of Intent to Petition 09/23/1981;^[9] certified letter returned "not known" 11/19/1997.
• Cherokees of Southeast Alabama^[5] Letter of Intent to Petition 05/27/1988;^[9] certified letter returned marked "deceased" 11/5/1997.
• Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama^[5]
• Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama^[5] Letter of Intent to Petition 06/27/1983. Declined to Acknowledge 08/18/1988 52 FR 34319,^[5] Denied federal recognition^[9][10]
• 'MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians^[5] Letter of Intent to Petition 05/27/1983. Final Determination to Decline to Acknowledge published 12/24/1997 62FR247:67398-67400; petitioner requested reconsideration from BIA 3/23/1998,^[5] denied federal recognition;^[10] decision effective 11/26/1999.^[9]
• Piqua Shawnee Tribe^[5]
• Star Clan of Muscogee Creeks^[5] (formerly Lower Creek Muscogee Tribe East, Star Clan, Southeastern Mvskoke Nation, and Yufala Star Clan of Lower Muscogee Creeks)
• United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation^[5] (formerly United Cherokee Intertribal). Letter of Intent to Petition 11/08/2001.^[9]

(We'll pause in our narrative here to ask for public comment; we have no idea how these tribes compare. Which ones are just in it for the gambling? Which ones for federal funds? Which ones for whatever glory the name "Indian" might bring? We'll publish all comments.)

Why are these tribes important now? Some or all of these tribes have at least partial control over Tuscumbia Landing. In fact, some or all may have total control. We'll take comments on that also.

We have removed a photo of Robert Perry who does not wish to appear here even though we did not comment on who might be correct in this war party. We can see that any negotiations with him will go well.

Robert Perry is a local who's on the Tuscumbia Landing Authority board. He's also a member of the Chickasaw Tribe and has worked as a lobbyist for various other tribes. From past news accounts, we may infer that Sheffield and John Elkington have accepted him as a spokesperson/liaison between Tuscumbia Landing and the Inspiration Landing project. 

But talk about your chiefs...there's a new one in town, or at least he was here some days ago. The TD gave his visit less space that a UNA rape du jour.

Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr.

So we hope all our readers are now clear on who's dealing with Sheffield and Inspiration Landing? No. Neither are we. And where was Sheffield mayor Ian Sanford while Tuscumbia mayor Kerry Underwood received all the press?

More legal battles if this project ever gets off the ground? We may never get a finished Inspiration Landing, but we certainly see a reality show coming out of all this.