originally settled on. The act was signed on May 28‚ 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The new law was strongly supported by the south and it greatly affected the five civilized tribes: The Chickasaw‚Choctaw‚ Muscogee-Creek‚ Seminole‚ and original Cherokee
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The Relations between Native Americans and Colonists There are many reasons Native Americans and European Colonists did not have a good relationship. The reason for conflict between Colonist and Indians was due to the Colonists insatiable greed for power and land. Some of the reasons not only included physical mistreatment but also an ethical mistreatment of the Native Americans. European Colonists not only brought with them many different diseases that would later aid in the genocide of many
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generosity‚ and loyalty witch make him a real American hero. Will was born in Oklahoma and proud of it. The son of a rancher‚ he was a one quarter Cherokee and never missed an opportunity to brag about his Native American heritage. "My ancestors didn’t come on the Mayflower‚" he used to joke‚ "but they met the boat." Will stayed true to his Cherokee roots; he went to an Indian school and had many Indian friends. Later he became active in Native-American issues and was a major spokesman for Native-American
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Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚
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“The Creek‚ Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ and the Choctaw knew that they could not defeat the Americans in war” ( ) the settlers were so “land hungry” that the Native Americans knew that all they could do was try to appease the white man. Native Americans were willing to ty
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Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears The Long‚ Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians was written by Anthony F.C. Wallace. In his book‚ the main argument was how Andrew Jackson had a direct affect on the mistreatment and removal of the native Americans from their homelands to Indian Territory. It was a trail of blood‚ a trail of death‚ but ultimately it was known as the "Trail of Tears". Throughout Jackson’s two terms as President‚ Jackson used his power unjustly. As a man from the Frontier
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Sexuality‚ Race‚ and Madness. Ithaca: Cornell UP‚ 1985. An Indian Father’s Plea Medicine Grizzlybear Lake Medicine Grizzlybear Lake‚ also known as Bobby Lake-Thom‚ is a Native healer and a member of the Seneca and Cherokee Indian tribes. He is half Karuk and part Seneca‚ Cherokee‚ and Anglo. Throughout childhood and as a young man‚ Lake studied with numerous Native healers. He taught Native American Studies at Humboldt State University‚ at Eastern Montana College‚ and is currently an associate
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As the Jeffersonian era began to decline‚ a new era began to form. The Jacksonian Democracy brought in a surge of energy to people across the United States. Energy driven by both the quest for westward expansion and the excitement of a young and developing nation. The previous one-party system dominated by the Democratic-Republicans had been snuffed out and Andrew Jackson and his crowd of supporters rose from the ashes. Andrew Jackson redefined Presidency by founding the still-existing Democratic
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1) The reasons that the Cherokee give for rejecting the idea of moving beyond the Mississippi River is because they cannot endure to be deprived of their national and individual rights‚ and exposed to a process of intolerable oppression by the residents who live near the river already. 2) The Cherokees understood their “national and individual rights” as not having the rights‚ which the fathers planned‚ in their favor. The U.S. see them as an evil eye unlike many other Indian tribes. Many of the
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who tried to stop this tragic event. Gold was discovered near Cherokee territory in 1828. Thousands of white miners wanted this land for the gold and began to settle there without permission. Whites started to demand the government to remove the Native Americans‚ so later on they were taken out by the United States Army. This was the beginning of the removal of the Cherokee. In 1832‚ Mr. Worcester‚ a man living with the Cherokee‚ stated that his family’s mandatory removal was denying his constitutional
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