which is modern-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Creeks‚ known as the “five civilized tribes” and the Plains Indians‚ which had been relocated to the western part of the territory on land leased from the Five Civilized Tribes‚ were moved into this area. Many of these tribes were enemies and were now being forced to live next to each other‚ which was not easy. Because of this‚ the tribes struggled for power amongst themselves. Cherokee nation was usually most powerful but
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The two had lived together since Taylor was given Turtle by a woman in a bar‚ and they have grown a fond mother-daughter relationship with each other. However‚ since Turtle is Cherokee‚ the adoption is brought to the attention of the Cherokee Nation‚ and they claim that the adoption is invalid. They say that Cherokee children must stay within the tribe‚ that they must be given to a close relative if the biological parents are unable to care for them. The conflict heats up as Taylor tries to defend
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Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night and being taken out of one’s house by soldiers and moved from their homelands to a foreign land in the west. That is what happened to the Indians during the Indian removals. The Indian Removal Act gave the government enough power to seize the Indian’s land and move them west. The removals were meant to be peaceful and fair. They were also supposed to be done voluntarily (“Trail”). Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act on May 28‚ 1830.
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hard to keep their spiritual balance. One example of how the Cherokee kept their spiritual balance was their relationship with animals. They didn’t cage their animals‚ therefore they may have spent days tracking an animal‚ and instead of simply killing an animal for its meat‚ everything was used for something and a prayer was said to the animal for sacrificing it’s body. Miles writes‚ “… animals played a sacrificial role in sustaining Cherokee lives‚”
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1838 and 1839 Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was forceful on Indian Removal‚ and from 1814 to 1824 jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of 11 treaties‚ which had devastated the southern tribes of their eastern lands in the west. So the Cherokee indians were tired of it so they went to the supreme court. The n in 1830 Jackson pushed a whole new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act”. Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans came off as rude because he did not like the
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served as the seventh president and his main concern was the removal of the Cherokee tribe from their own land. As a result‚ the Cherokee people were divided amongst themselves because of this act President Jackson wanted to enforce. While many Cherokee people ignored Jackson’s instructions and stayed on their land‚ few did go to what is now Oklahoma. Even before they were told to migrate to federal lands‚ the society of Cherokee was still divided. The money distributed throughout their original land
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decided that he would work as a clerk in a store because in his brother’s eyes he wasn’t doing anything worthwhile. Sam showed no interest in this job which resulted in his disappearance from the job and home. He crossed the Tennessee River with the Cherokee Indians. Houston joined a band of approximately three hundred Cherokees led by Chief Oo-loo-te-ka. The chief liked Sam greatly that he soon adopted him and gave him the name “Colonnen”. Colonnen refers to “The Raven” which is a symbol of good luck
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all over West Virginia. They most likely lived there prior to 1831 because my dad is part Cherokee Indian. The Cherokee Indian tribe has been around since the 16th century when European explorers contacted the tribe. Since the initial contact the Cherokee Indians developed their society and culture along with the European settlers. This eventually lead to their downfall when the settlers found gold. The Cherokee man‚ women‚ and children were rounded up and on the orders of President Andrew Jackson‚
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signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830 gave Federal government the power to move any Native tribe‚ resulting in 5 major Natives tribes being forcibly relocated. Then using the Indian Removal Act 12‚000 Cherokee were forced to move out of their land during winter causing 4‚000 Cherokee deaths due to hunger‚ cold and disease. Another example was the Gold Rush in California. Settlers were rewarded with money for Native scalps and miners went on killing sprees because they Natives as competitors
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While Andrew Jackson was president of the United States‚ he was happy to pursue the news in the relation of the Indians Removal in the 1830’s. I believe Andrew Jackson is in a rush to remove the Indians because it will prevent differences between the General and State Governments on account of the Indians‚ and it will increase the size of civil populations. In the 1830’s‚ the Indian Removal was not the only event that was occurring. The Second Great Awakening was happening as well‚ which was a period
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