The Cherokee a large Native American tribe that previously inhabited large areas of land in the southeast‚ specifically the lower Appalachian Mountains (Gilbert‚ 178). Currently‚ they reside in a reservation in western North Carolina‚ and two in Oklahoma‚ one of which is the largest reservation in the United States (Cherokee Ancestry). The Cherokee were a warrior society‚ often traveling as far north as Ohio‚ and as far west as the Mississippi river to wage war on other tribes (Gilbert‚ 187). The
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The purpose of this chapter 1‚ "The Material and Trading Worlds‚ circa 1400‚" is to describe what the world was like around 1400 in general terms. The author‚ Robert Marks‚ argues that most changes in history are the result of "huge processes that are hardly detectable‚" coming from the changes in social‚ economic‚ political‚ and cultural structures. He analyzes two major structural aspects of the world in the 1400’s: first‚ material and natural conditions under which most people lived; and second
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customer’s gambling behavior. Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel‚ is very different from the typical industry structure. Casino profits are used to better the lives of the immediate Cherokee community. Funds are used to support healthcare‚ education‚ and standard of living in the Cherokee community. The Cherokee’s rural location and long distance from large metropolitan cities is one challenge faced by the casino. On the other hand‚ the location of the Cherokee gives it a natural monopoly in the
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settlements were expanding westward. This threatened the Cherokee land which was located in the Southeastern part of the United States. This left the Cherokee with a big decision to make for their entire tribe. Would they relocate West ‚or stay for the White settlements to invade where they call home. After all‚ the Cherokee had owned the land for over 10‚000 years. It was not the United States’ land to take. This is why many of the Cherokee Nation felt the need to stay. Others wanted to move because
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The Indian Removal Act was pushed through Congress by President Andrew Jackson‚ giving President Jackson the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River (“Indian Removal”). Originally‚ the relocations were supposed to be voluntary: the Indians could either relocate to the West of the Mississippi River‚ or they could stay where they were and begin to abide by the laws of the state in which they resided. However‚ this began to go awry when Indians were
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Russian Revolution and World War I. We are also interested in revolutionary changes in thought such as occurred during the Enlightenment and earth shaking social and/or economic developments including the Industrial Revolution and the Pursuit of Empire. Reading List: Available at the Bookstore M. Perry et al‚ Western Civilization: Ideas‚ Politics and Society from the 1400s‚ Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt‚ 2009 From the Renaissance to the Present; Sources of the Western
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1. The characteristics of the Cherokee upper world are similar‚ in part‚ to the Christian conception of heaven. The upper world‚ or Galunlati‚ exists above the great stone sky arch that hovers over the middle world. It is a place of peace‚ harmony‚ and sacred powers characterized by stability‚ consistency‚ and the structured security of limits and boundaries. Galunlati is far more magnificent than the human world and is untainted by the immorality and depravity inherent in human behavior and the
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The Cherokee Removal: Comparison and contrast of John Ross and Elias Boudinot’s views When Andrew Jackson became president his drive of Indian removal started a discussion among all Americans. This controversial discussion was not only between Americans and the Cherokee Indians‚ but also controversial within the Cherokee people. Some Cherokee saw this conflict in different ways and with different possible outcomes. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Made these discussions a real part of the Cherokee’s
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assimilate with white American culture‚ Indians were encouraged to "convert to Christianity; learn to speak and read English; and adopt European-style economic practices such as the individual ownership of land and other property. However‚ in 1802 Georgia and Federal Government had started talking about passing a law to remove the indians and move them west of the Mississippi. The indian removal act was put in place to give the southern states the land that the indians had originally settled on. The act
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Woodland And The Seven Years’ War The Eastern Woodland Indians mainly consisted of two major regions the Iroquois‚ which comprised of five tribes and added an additional a sixth later‚ and the Cherokee. The Indians in the Eastern Woodland nation lived East of the plains and all the way to the coast‚ Iroquois in North Eastern currently know as the Ohio area and Cherokee South Eastern currently known as the Tennessee and Georgia area. All Indians lived off the lands hunting‚ gathering‚ farming‚ and
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