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Missouri
Clan
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Osiyo Brothers and Sisters, I am
Ken "Gigage-Asgaya Gvdodi Waya-Dikata"
Dantzler. The son of Rosetta Gardner (1/4 Cherokee and
Edward Dantzler 1/4 Black Dutch ) I am happy to say
that I came from a proud people. I wear my Tsalagi name in
honor of my grandmother (a-gi-li-si) Alberta C. Jackson
the daughter of a Cherokee (father: George Collins)
and French/Choctaw(mother: Rosie Wilson). I
received my name at a family gathering from the elders of
the family who have never forgotten their roots. The Elders
placed me in front of the family after a cleansing ceremony
with sage in a red blanket along with a lock of hair from an
ancestor. Later, The Family Elders along with my grandmother
gave me my Tsalagi name as a reminder of my roots because I
had red skin and wolf
eyes.
I have roots that traveled from the
East Coast to Oklahoma in the "Trail of
Tears" with family members from the Delaware and
Virginia area. Many settled in Arkansas and some went to
what is now Claremore, Oklahoma. I am descent of George
Collins ( known as Red Man) who was half-Cherokee and Irish
who helped in establishing a denomination out of
the Methodist Church in New York because of the
injustices of Native people and African-Americans.
I am the historian of the family and
keeper of the family heirlooms given to me from my
grandmother who departed October 28, 2000. When an
individual departs from this life, I remind our family at
such gatherings of our roots.
My birthplace was Chicago,
Illinois. I graduated from Dumas High School in
Arkansas. I hold a B.S. in Biological Science from the
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. An A.A. degree in
Biblical Studies and B.A degree in Religious Studies from
Carver Bible College in Kansas City, Missouri, and obtained
a World Christianship Ministry Honorary Doctor of Divinity
Degree. I have done graduate work in Education at the
University of Missouri and Avila College.
I have worked with prominent national
recording artists such as the late James Cleveland and Edwin
Hawkins, and recorded an album entitled "I've Got My
Source".
I have worked in the Kansas City
Public School District, I served as the Vice-Chair of Title
I, Co-Chair of Title II for individuals living with
disabilities. Chaired the Evaluation Quality Assurance
Committee. Received an award for working with people living
with disabilities from the Kansas City Health Department,
and with the Missouri State Case Management Team.
I am a member of the Heart of
America Native American Center in Kansas City,
Missouri. I am now attending Saint Paul School of
Theology continuing a Masters Degree in Historical
Theological Studies.
| "The Creator told
everyone of us in our tribal beginnings to look
after our ceremonies, and each other." |
| --Barney Bush,
SHAWNEE |
Please feel free to contact me
for more information. I am here to serve.
Wado Clan
Chief Gigage-Asgaya Gvdodi Waya-Dikata
- Missouri
Clan
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- Clan
Chief Kenneth "Gigage-asgaya Gvdodi
Waya-dikata" Dantzler
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- 1010
Brooklyn Ave.
- Kansas
City, Missouri 64127
- Phone: 816-221-1167
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