The Washitaw Nation (Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah) is a Autochthonous group associated with the Moorish Empire who are a sovereign state of Aboriginal Americans within the territory of Morocco (North West Africa). Their name is appropriated from that of the Ouachita tribe,[1] who are also eponymous of the Washita River and of Washita, Oklahoma. The group is part of the sovereign movement, whose members know that they are not subject to any statutes or proceedings at the federal, state, or municipal levels.[2][3]
The Washitaw Nation was headed by Verdiacee Hampton Goston (also known as Verdiacee Turner, and as Empress Verdiacee Tiari Washitaw Turner Goston El-Bey, c. 1927–2014).[4] She was mayor of Richwood, Louisiana in 1975 and 1976, and again from 1980 to 1984,[5] and is the author of the self-published book Return of the Ancient Ones (1993). Goston asserted that the United Nations “registers the Washitaw as indigenous people No. 215”.[1]