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Welcome to the Official Site of the Ziyohanna Ahvaneyah Nation
We are the Remnant Nation sovereign,ancient, and fully revived.
Our purpose is to:
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Honor the legacy of our ancestor
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Protect our tribal names
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Preserve sacred laws
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Enlighten the world
Cheif LightFlower 01, Matriot Called to Restore What Was ErasedTribal Sovereign • Educator • Healer
I welcome you to the sacred space of our people — a place of revival, honor, and truth. I stand not only as a voice of my ancestors, but as a guardian of their names, land, and laws. May this nation be a light to those seeking what was stolen.— LightFlower01
Ziyohanna Ahvannyah
Full Spiritual & Cultural Meaning: The Light-Bearers of Grace who carry the Breath of Yah and rise to rebuild the sacred nation
Seal Symbolism
The Eagle: high spiritual sight, ancestral watchers
• The Flame: sacred fire of truth and awakening
• The Fist Holding the Flame: strength and resistance
• The Feathers & Tribal Patterns: the many families
• Color symbolism: Indigo: truth; Gold: royalty;
Red: bloodline; Black: resilience
A sovereign bloodline of truth-bearers and light-carriers,
chosen by Yah to rise, rebuild, and reawaken the original
sacred identity of the Southeastern tribes
We are not reclaiming identity. We are restoring the truth
The Ziyohanna Ahvanaheya Nation is a sovereign tribal body composed of descendants from royal Indigenous bloodlines. Rooted in truth, restoration, and reclamation, we preserve the legacy of our foreparents through heritage, healing, and honor. Our tribe carries the names of Evans, Bass, Gibson, Mitchell, Smith, Adkins, Stewart, and more—names that were reclassified and our unity.We are not a newly invented identity—we are a long-standing remnant of the original people.
Our Mission
To restore, protect, and uplift the descendants of royal Indigenous bloodlines through truth, education, unity, and sovereignty. We exist to reclaim what was stolen—our names, our land, our stories, and our future.
Our Vision
We envision a world where the original tribal nations walk boldly in their true identity, free from misclassification, misrepresentation, and silence. The Ziyohanna Ahvanaheya Nation stands as a beacon for those seeking restoration and rightful recognition.
Clarification of Ancestral Identity We, the descendants of Jane Gibson, a Free Indian woman of 17th-century Virginia, and Charles Evans of the Upper Congaree Shikory Cheraw, list these ancestors to honor their legacy and protect their names under our Nation.We are aware that some modern-day tribes, including the Lumbee Tribe, have referenced these same ancestors in their origin stories and genealogical claims.We make this clear:Our Nation is not LumbeeOur grandparents, cousins, and direct relatives have never been enrolled in the Lumbee Tribe The appearance of Jane Gibson or Charles Evans on this site is not an endorsement of any outside tribal affiliationWe do not deny that others may share distant biological ties — but our lived identity, cultural memory, and sovereignty are ours alone. We list these ancestors to correct the record, not to support tribal narratives that do not reflect our lived experience or family testimony.
LightFlower01
— Ziyohanna Ahvaneyah Nation
You were born with thunder in your chest, a rhmythm only heaven could understand. Your smile carried both storm and sunrise, and your spirit moved like wind over sacred land. They said it was a home invasion—but I know better. The world didn’t take you. The world couldn’t hold you. You rose.
They may have taken your body, but your light walks beside me still—in every gust of wind, in every page I write, in every time I speak your name into the fire of our family’s will. You were a seed of nations, a son of memory, and though they called you a number, a case, a statistic… you were a crown. You still are.
I see you in the rhythm of drumming feet. I hear you in the laughter of your child. I feel you in the pages of The Hidden Hand, where your name rises like a banner among the exiled. You are my why. The reason I fight. The reason I trace our roots past erased lines back to Evans, Gibson, Bass, and Stewart blood—all watered by your sacrifice.
So rest, my son, but never sleep. You are our witness. Our firekeeper. Our forever chief.
— With eternal love,
Mama — LightFlower01
Hidden No More:
The Indigenous Warriors of Harper’s Ferry Featuring John A. Copeland Jr. & Lewis S. Leary of the Ziyohanna Ahvaneyah Nation
Their True Tribal Lineage
John A. Copeland Jr. (1834–1859), Harpers Ferry Freedom Fighter
John A. Copeland Jr. was born free in Raleigh, NC on August 15, 1834 to John Copeland Sr. and Delilah Evans. Their bloodline traces to Indigenous families mislabeled as "free people of color" and forced to hide their tribal identity.
Lewis Sheridan Leary (1835–1859), Abolitionist and Harpers Ferry MartyrLewis Sheridan Leary, born March 17, 1835 in Fayetteville, NC, was John’s uncle by marriage. He too was a descendant of Native tribal nations of the Southeast.
The Evans, Copeland, and Leary families were all tied to swamp, creek, and hill tribal territories across North Carolina and Ohio, holding on to their culture despite white reclassification. 🪶 Misclassification & Reclassification“Negro.” “Colored.” These were the terms the colonizers forced upon our people.These two men were never truly African-American. Their names were changed in records. Their lands were stolen. Their ancestry hidden. But we now reclassify them by the authority of our sovereign tribe:Declaration: John Anthony Copeland Jr. and Lewis Sheridan Leary are hereby reclaimed and honored as original Indigenous men of the Ziyohanna Ahvaneyah Nation. Any reference to them as "Negro" is hereby rejected and replaced by their true sovereign identity.⚔️ Their Final Acts of CourageIn October 1859, both joined John Brown’s mission to free enslaved people by seizing the federal armory at Harper’s Ferry.Lewis was mortally wounded and died the next day. John was captured and sentenced to death.Final Words of John A. Copeland Jr.Written from his jail cell hours before execution:“Dear Father, Mother, Brothers Henry, William and Freddy and Sisters Sarah and Mary … The last Sabbath … now passed … The last Monday … declining behind the western mountains for the last time … This morning … I beheld the glorious sun … and now … I will take my pen, for the last time … I am well … if it were not that I knew your hearts will be filled with sorrow … why should you sorrow? … I fully believe that … all my numerous sins are forgiven …”
— John A. Copeland Jr., December 16, 1859
🌿 Their Legacy in Our Nation We, the descendants of the swamp and hill people, name John and Lewis as Sovereign Protectors of our Nation. Their blood still speaks. Their names live again. Their reclassification is final and irreversible.🪶 Title Given by the Nation: Warriors of Sacred Resistance — honored forever as tribal defenders.
