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My name is Doug "Two
Horses" Phillips
I was born and raised in North
Louisiana. My ancestors migrated from Georgia, North
Carolina and Alabama. They are of the Deer Clan. In
my younger years my friends would make sport of me saying one
horse was not enough for me as I would wear it out and I would
need two horses to keep up with me, hence my name.
I am a retired deep-sea
diver. I am a former Marine and Viet Nam combat
Veteran.
As a child I hunted rabbits and
set traps, while my little friends watched sports on TV. My
family still has it's own ritual involving the blood when a
boy makes his first kill when hunting deer. So as a child I
knew I was different than the others as I was only comfortable
in the forest, as was my father.
On my mothers side my granny is
3/4 Cherokee and on my fathers side, my grandpa was 7/8's
Cherokee. Only enough Irish to carry the Welsh/ Irish last
name, which is fine.
However with no paperwork and
being young, out looking for excitement, none of this
seemed to matter at the time. In 1988 my father died. That
last summer I spent every moment I could with him as we were
close and spent every spare moment hunting, fishing, and
trapping together. He told me before he died that the only
thing he regretted in his whole life was not listing me and my
brother as Cherokee on our birth certificate.
Admiring my father as I did,
and I still do, I realized it was the most important thing for
both of us. I was glad to find Chief Stone Bear and the
United Cherokee Nation (UCN), for myself and the memory of my
father.
I am looking forward to do
whatever is needed to move forward with "The
Gathering".
Chief Doug "Two
Horses" Phillips
Louisiana
Clan
- Chief Doug "Two
Horses" Phillips
- 210 Nelson Road
- Monroe, Louisiana 71203
- 318-355-3027 cell
