Our Story
"We Remember. We Remain. We Restore."
Sovereign Leadership: This artistic representation honors the strength, dignity, and authority of Yamasee leadership. Our chiefs and elders maintained cultural continuity, territorial knowledge, and community governance across centuries—never conquered, never surrendered.
We did not vanish. We were reclassified.
Three centuries of erasure could not break what was never conquered. The Yamasee people endured through documentation, adaptation, and unbroken lineage—not as myth, but as record.
For more than three centuries, the Yamasee people have endured systematic displacement, administrative reclassification, and institutional erasure in the land now known as Florida.
Yet we have never disappeared.
Our story is not one of conquest or extinction. It is a documented record of adaptation, survival, and unbroken continuity—rooted in Florida's rivers, settlements, and communities, preserved through generations who refused to be erased from history.
The Ministry of Yamasee Affairs exists to restore that truth to the public record.
Clearly. Lawfully. Without apology.
We restore sovereignty, balance, and prosperity through documented evidence, cultural preservation, and institutional legitimacy. We serve as the historical, cultural, and administrative steward for the Yamasee people—grounded in federal archives, Florida land records, verified genealogies, and public documentation establishing continuous presence from the colonial era to the present day.
Our work is not symbolic.
It is evidentiary.
The Yamasee were never conquered.
As Keepers of Florida, we never will be.
We are building the Yamasee Nation of Florida as a living, documented community—not an abstract concept, but a network of families, descendants, and communities connected by verified lineage and shared history.
Not a brand.
Not a costume.
Not a narrative without proof.
This restoration is carried forward through four pillars:
Historical Correction
Restoring accuracy to the public record—challenging erasure, correcting misclassification, and ensuring that Yamasee continuity is documented in institutional memory, federal archives, and Florida's historical narrative.
Family Reunification
Reconnecting documented Yamasee lineages scattered across Florida and the Southeast by forced migration, census reclassification, and generations of administrative invisibility.
Economic Development
Creating sustainable paths to prosperity—not through dependency, but through sovereignty, enterprise, and intergenerational wealth-building rooted in our historical economic traditions and land stewardship.
Public Education
Ensuring documented truth replaces colonial mythology in Florida classrooms, textbooks, and institutions—so that future generations inherit an accurate historical record of this state's Indigenous continuity.
Every initiative is anchored in verifiable records, lawful process, and intergenerational accountability.
This is not activism. This is restoration.
Legal Status
508(c)(1)(a) Religious & Cultural Ministry
IRS Confirmation Date
July 8, 2025
Jurisdiction
Ecclesiastical authority under federal law
Current Membership
67 verified enrolled members
Lineage Requirement
Documented Yamasee descent
Physical Address
401 W Atlantic Ave, Suite O9
Delray Beach, FL 33444