During the Cherokee removal period‚ many Cherokees stood up to express their opinions on this conflict. Most of the Cherokee members were against this act and furiously fought back against Congress’s decision. However‚ there were some who have other ideas about the Cherokee Nation’s future – they believed it was better for them to move. Regardless of different opinions‚ the Cherokees never stopped to advocate for themselves. Throughout the removal period‚ political leaders of the United States sometimes
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believed the Cherokee tribe originated in the Great Lakes area and are of Iroquoian descent. Due to unknown circumstances‚ the tribe eventually migrated to the Southeast portion of the the United States. The first record of interactions with the Cherokee people was in the sixteenth century with Spanish explorers. The Cherokee people have been considered highly innovative and adaptive. For example‚ instead of the traditional teepee‚ they built log cabins. As one of the largest Indian tribes‚ they
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The Cherokee tribe inhabited what is present day Virginia‚ West Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia and Alabama. Being located in what would become the Southeastern part of the United States meant their inevitability in getting involved in the revolutionary war. The Cherokee tribe’s involvement in the American Revolution was both important to the course of the war and resulted in devastation to the tribe. The Cherokee way of life‚ like all Native American tribes‚ was very different from
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administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to the land west of the Mississippi in the 1830’s did not affect the economic‚ and political continuations of policies; however‚ there were social changes pursued by the colonies and the United States towards the American Indian tribes. Nearly ninety years apart‚ there was an economic continuation and social
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It was the Cherokee survival spirit and perseverance that let them still be part of the united states territory. Since the 16th century when the European explorers came to North America‚ they had identified the Cherokee tribe as one of the most cultural and socially advanced of the Native American tribes. Cherokee is a powerful tribe from the Iroquoian family‚ located at the Southeastern side of the United States. Did you know that more than 819‚105 Americans claimed to have Cherokee ancestry in
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The Cherokee Removal directs attention to an assortment of documents presenting several important themes and main points such as the discussions within the Cherokee Nation‚ Georgia’s role in pressurizing the Cherokees off the land and settlers pleading to the US government to remove them by way of force. The "civilizing" of the Cherokees (their adoption of European culture)‚ the national debate between promoters and opponents of expulsion‚ and a brief look at the deportation itself are all discussed
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Cherokee Indians history states that they were natives in the New World. They experienced years of surviving great historical events which began with Western hemisphere explorers coming to the New World bringing sickness‚ cultural change‚ and repeatedly invading the native American lands‚ along with the many wars they were fought in against various factions. Some archaeological evidence indicates that the Cherokee Indians may have come from Mesoamerica and migrated to the north toward the Great
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that focuses solely on female life. Instead‚ Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change‚ 1700-1835 rewrites the history of the Cherokee people both by placing women in the forefront and by showing how gender affected the Native culture and Cherokee-American relations. In the process‚ Theda Perdue recasts the history of the "most civilized tribe" in terms of persisting traditions. As Perdue demonstrates‚ the world of Cherokee men and the world of Cherokee women‚ although interconnected in many ways
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Even if it was quite a good deal for the federal government‚ a lot of people who were part of the Cherokee tribe felt betrayed because the negotiators did not represent the tribal government. John Ross‚ the principal chief of the Nation once wrote “The instrument in question is not the act of our nation‚” to the Senate of the United States of America protesting against this treaty. Furthermore‚ a large number of Cherokees (about 16‚000) signed Ross’s petition‚ but the treaty was approved anyway by
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The history of the Cheyenne Most people see Indians as mean‚ cruel‚ nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite. This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting
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