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Tribe of Tequmah
On August 28, in the year of our Lord, 2021, under the goverance of Rabbi Sverdlow, our members exercised sovereignty, having examined biblical, historical, and archaeological evidence, showed that the Jewish People and most "Gentiles" of the West are common people - effectively members of the Israelite tribes of the Bible. We members of SMOKH, are "inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics that are distinct from those of the dominant societies in which they live." The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a legally non-binding resolution passed by the United Nations in 2007. It delineates and defines the individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples, including their ownership rights to cultural and ceremonial expression, identity, language, employment, health, education, and other issues. It "emphasizes the rights of Indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their own institutions, cultures and traditions, and to pursue their development in keeping with their own needs and aspirations." It "prohibits discrimination against indigenous peoples," and it "promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them and their right to remain distinct and to pursue their own visions of economic and social development." [Indigenous Peoples by definition of the United Nations]
We made this declaration in order to inform all who deal with us, and future generations of tribal members, of the essential nature of our sovereignty. Thus, with lasting pride in our heritage and with confidence in our future, we set our hands to this declaration.
History
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (Hebrew: שבטי ישראל, romanized: Shivtei Yisrael, lit. 'Tribes of Israel') are, according to Judeo-Christian beliefs, the descendants of the Biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, through his twelve sons by various women, who collectively formed the Israelite nation. God made this covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai from His servant Moses. Israel failed in their mission (broke the contract) and all twelve tribes were scattered throughout the nations (James 1:1). The ten lost tribes were the ten of the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were exiled from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE. These are the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim; all but Judah and Benjamin. The contract was then offered to the Gentiles, namely, the church (Rom 11:11-15), and today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract.
The origin of the word "tribe" was originally in reference to the tribes of Israel and from their expectation of the messiah, the Church was born. We therefore understand and embrace our living history of the tribes and are descendants (mind, spirit, or body) and tribal members of the original Kingdom of Israel and the Church, embedded in canon, common, international, and statutory laws.
Our study and belief is that we are descendants from the ten 'lost' tribes of Israel and are being used by God to bring the good news and blessings to receptive peoples. Examining biblical, historical, circumstantial and archaeological evidence, our studies show that the Jewish People and most "Gentiles" of the West are common people - effectively original members of the Israelite tribes of the Bible. The Bible speaks mainly about the Hebrew Nation, Jesus as a Jew, and ancient Israelites are proven to have migrated to the west with their children, however lost tribal members formed eventually the nations of Britian, France, Holland, Belgium, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Americas, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Boriken, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, and South Africa. Even individual Israelite tribes are specifically identifiable as historical groups, such as Angles, Jutes, Franks (Merovingians), etc. who settled in distinct areas as in Christendom. This is how from the Tribes of Joseph (Ephraim and Menasseh) and the present day English speaking nations were formed. It is well documented that tribes also appeared as far away as MesoAmerica, explaining how many archeological artifacts of the Indian nations contain ancient Hebrew inscriptions.
The avowed members of the Sacred Tequmah Tribe assert and exercise our ecclesiastical sacred authority within our tribe Tequmah.