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:''For other individuals with a similar name see [[Thomas Dixon]]''
'''Chief New Moon''' (born '''Thomas Dixon''')<ref>''The Plotters'', by [[John Roy Carlson]], page 26</ref> was a  [[Cherokee Indian]] [[chief]] who considered himself to be "a full-fledge [[National Socialist]]."<ref>''The Fiery Cross: the Ku Klux Klan in America'', by Wyn Craig Wade, page 270</ref> He was a popular speaker at [[German American Bund]], [[Christian Front]], and [[America First Committee|America First]] meetings. In August 1940 Dixon (Chief New Moon) was convicted for disorderly conduct and sentenced to twenty days in jail for his part in a rabble-rousing street meeting.<ref>''The Plotters'', by [[John Roy Carlson]], page 26</ref> He often called for a National Socialist-Indian “entente against Communism.”

He was a veteran of World War I and a charter member of the American Legion in Paris.<ref>''The Plotters'', by [[John Roy Carlson]], page 28</ref> 

After the war Chief New Moon--now using his original name--started the [[United American Veterans, Inc.]] organization. The group issued a four-page newspaper called ''[[United American Veterans’ Commentator]]''.<ref>''The Plotters'', by [[John Roy Carlson]], page 26</ref>

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==See also==
* [[Chief Red Cloud]]