 In the Indian Territory in what is the present-day state of Oklahoma, the Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee, and Natchez formed the Four Mothers Society to resist the federal government's attempts of forced assimilation and breakup of the five civilized tribes.Some people who are ineligible for tribal membership join Heritage groups to identify with the Cherokee people.This identification may be based on documented distant heritage, or family rumors, or on unfounded myths about Native American history.