Nunna daul Isunyi: “the Trail Where They Cried” The Cherokee Peoples’ Trail of Tears History 101 – American History to 1877 Professor Fliegelman February 19‚ 2011 Why did the relocation in the late 1830s of the Cherokee people come to be known as the “Trail of Tears”? The Cherokee people were forcefully removed from their ancestral lands and relocated to the west‚ a direction that in their beliefs had been associated with death. The thousand mile trek that followed
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BOLLYWOOD Selling Indian Movies in the West INTRODUCTION India’s most prominent movie industry is known by the name of Bollywood. It recently became the largest movie industry in the world (Jones‚ Arora‚ Mishra and Lefort‚ 2005; Srinivas‚ 2002). The name Bollywood is a reference to Hollywood‚ in which the “B” stands for Bombai‚ the city in which Bollywood originated. Bollywood is making thousands of movies every year with one of the world’s largest audiences. Bollywood has always exported their
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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 Cherokee Removal Book Review The Cherokee Removal is a brief history with documents by Theda Perdue and Michael Green. In 1838-1839 the US troops expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for land during the growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast‚ the discovery of gold on the Cherokees land‚ and the racial prejudice that many
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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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1 The Removal of the Cherokee Tribe Since the early 1700’s‚ land between the Native Americans and the European settlers have been full of constant battles. Population of the Europeans increases as more settlers expand on the economy‚ making less room for the land to settle on. During the westward expansion‚ the Cherokees biggest threat comes from Georgia and their persuasion against congress and the desire to run off the Cherokee. Cherokees have been on the American land possible forever and
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As the White settlement expand west‚ the Cherokees were threatened that their land will 8be taken away from them. To the Cherokees‚ the land has been passed down from their forefathers. If Cherokees leave their territory it would means that they would have to get use to a new environment‚ and leave where their ancestors have lived there for years since anyone can remember. However‚ if they stay and resist‚ they might be forced to follow the rules of the white or being forced out of their home. The
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The word Cherokee comes from a Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech." In their own language the Cherokee called themselves the Aniyunwiya or "principal people" or the Keetoowah‚ "people of Kituhwa." The Cherokee are perhaps one of the most interesting of Native American Groups. Their life and culture are closely intertwined with early American settlers and the history of our own nation ’s struggle for freedom. In the interest of promoting tolerance and peace‚ and with
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Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. For example‚ the cases of Indian Removal Act and the Spoil System. The issue of the Indian Removal Act proves Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. Jackson said he would completely remove Indians if he got elected as president because the white people wanted the land the Indians were living on. The Supreme Court said that the Indians can stay‚ but Jackson ignored them. He forced them to leave‚ but some didn’t‚ so that is how the trail of
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How has west influenced the Indian culture? 15th August 1947‚ the golden day in Indian History‚ the day when the British rule in India met its end. It was the day when India was declared free from the foreign rule. The English people have left but they left the seeds of their culture in our land‚ which have eventually grown and overshadowed the Indian culture‚ especially in the metros. The Indian culture is so much influenced by the west that they have forgotten the values‚ the principles and the
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