Public Notice of Ancestral Lineage and Indigenous Heritage

Lela Christine McCloria-Thompson is honored to publicly share and affirm her Indigenous American identity and ancestral lineage with pride, dignity, and deep respect for family history. As a descendant of the Tutul Xiu Mayapan Nation, she recognizes her identity as ancestral, political, and protected under international Indigenous rights. She also acknowledges her family’s lineage connected to Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Chickasaw Nation Freedmen heritage by blood.

This notice is shared through the bloodlines of her family, including the Harris family, McCloria family, Hardimon family, and McFarland family, with lineages rooted in Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, and California. It stands as a reflection of legacy, remembrance, and generational truth carried forward through family lines and cultural history.

For Lela Christine McCloria-Thompson, this acknowledgment is not only personal, but also a meaningful statement of identity, lineage, and respect for those who came before her. With honor and reflection, she shares this message to uplift the importance of ancestry, Indigenous heritage, and the enduring legacy carried across generations with strength, reverence, and historical pride.

Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek)