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Washitaw Empire/Nation

The Washitaw Empire/Nation was a Black sovereign citizen group in the mid-1990s that eventually split into several groups and became a wing of the Moorish sovereign citizen movement, an offshoot of the traditional sovereign citizen movement. The group was founded in Louisiana in the mid-1990s by "Empress" Verdiacee "Tiara" Washitaw-Turner Goston El-Bey, and adherents claim to be descended from ancient mound-builders of the Mississippi-Missouri Valley and to "own" the Louisiana Purchase. After the "Empress" retired, the original Washitaw group fell apart and was replaced by a variety of different groups and individuals, all claiming the "Washitaw Nation" mantle.

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Skousenism

Skousenism is a term used to describe the political philosophy of ultraconservative political theorist W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006). Skousen advocated a philosophy centered on advocacy for extremely limited federal government, anti-Communism, conspiracy theories and Mormon theology. Skousenites... Read more

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Moorish Movement

An Afro-centric offshoot of the sovereign citizen movement that emerged in the mid-1990s primarily as a result of people merging sovereign beliefs with beliefs from a longstanding religious sect, the Moorish Science Temple. Moorish sovereign citizens often... Read more

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