A Summary Of The Cherokee Tribe

Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional songs, dances, and food.

The Cherokee tribe is known as one of the earliest and largest Indian tribe in North America. They are federally recognized even today among several states(museum). While they slowly became Americanized by the Europeans who came over to America, some still practice their typical Indian rituals publicly today. Most converted to Christianity and their government in Oklahoma is based off the American government with three branches. One would believe that the Trail of Tears could have completely vanquished these Indians but many made it through the horrendous trial and kept the Indian bloodline going even present day (Conley).

One famous Indian tribe is the Cherokee. The Cherokee are original residents of the American southwest region, but now they occupy most of Oklahoma.There are three recognized Cherokee tribes. Most Cherokee people speak English today, but many still speak the Cherokee language. Children had jobs to do after school just like men and women had their own jobs. Many Cherokee Indians died when president Andrew Jackson forced them to leave their homes in Georgia. In the following essay I will be talking about the Cherokee life before,during,and after the Westward Expansion.

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Having little knowledge of the Cherokee removal and the history that took place in this moment in America’s past, the book Trail of Tears: Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle, offers an insight to the politics, social dynamics and class struggles the Cherokee Nation faced in the late 1830s. The book was very comprehensive and the scope of the book covers nearly 100 years of Native American History. Ehle captures the history of the Native American people by showing the readers what led to the events infamously known as the Trail of Tears. The author uses real military orders, journals, and letters which aid in creating a book that keeps

Around the 1800s, the Cherokee began taking up the economics and politics of the white settlers around them. Some owned plantations and even kept slaves. Many Cherokee’s embraced “white” names. They developed gradually and became one of the successful tribes in the United States. They form a system by which they were controlled called the Cherokee Nation, which was similar to the United States of America government, which included a Chief , a vice-Chief and 32 Council members. A constitution of code laws also in place. The principal chief is the equivalent to the President, the legislative branch of the tribal council to the supreme court and the house of representatives, and the judicial branch called the tribunal is made up of the three tribal

`The Cherokee Indians were a very modern group of Native Americans; they had successfully blended into the American way of life. For example, they made their government like the American way, translated the Bible, and even used American rules for owning property. Life for the Cherokee nation seemed to be going well, but in 1832 they would have to fight for their land. Gold was discovered in Georgia, so Georgians wanted to force the Cherokee Indians out, so they would have more gold. The Cherokee Indians fought in a nonviolent way; they sued. “In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), which followed a similar case from the ear before, Cherokee, Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a sovereign nation and that the state of Georgia

After many years of unfair treatment by the United States, the Cherokee were faced with a decision, do they leave in hopes of saving their nation or do they stay and fight for their land. What path would have offered the best chance of survival for the Cherokee? People may disagree because some members of the Cherokee tribe wanted to stay and defend their ancestors land, while others wanted to leave their legacy behind and move out west. In 1838 the Cherokee were forced out of Georgia by President Jackson, leaving behind the land that was passed down from generation to generation of Cherokee. The Cherokee leaving behind their land and moving to the west offered the best chance of survival for their nation.

Chelsea Carriere Professor Ferruccio Trabalzi Introduction to Anthropology October 13, 2015 The Seven Clans of the Cherokee With over 314,000 recorded members, the Cherokee Nation is the largest federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States. In ancient times, this tribe was just as formidable, having conquered over 135,000 square miles of territory throughout eight states; North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. Much of the traditional culture remains the same in today’s world though some things have evolved out of necessity to fit modern society (Reese). Despite some of these changes however, the Cherokee nation is working hard to preserve their native traditions

The Indian Removal Policy of the 1830s displaced 17,000 Cherokee Indians from their ancestral lands to reservations across the Mississippi. Justifying his position in his decision, President Andrew Jackson stated, “Circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community” (Jackson). The Cherokee experience in the Trail of Tears was an embodiment of the failings of cultural communication between the United States and the Cherokee Nation. The intercommunication that transpired between the United States and the Cherokee people aggravated the existing conditions between the two nations and resulted in the mass displacement of Cherokee

“The Way of a Cherokee” by Foxxy is about her memories and experiences growing up as a young child with her sister, Sierra, and grandpa. She is a Native American that has lived in a world that is different from the world her grandpa grew up in. In addition, she learned to love and appreciate nature just like her grandpa did. I can relate to her relationship with her grandpa because I have created many memories with my grandpa. My grandpa told me stories about his childhood. In Foxxy’s essay she explores the relationship between identity and cultural history through physical location, family relationships, and language differences.

Faced with a sudden and forced eviction from the very land, interactions with which embodies and defines one’s identity, tragic experiences of unwarranted deaths in one’s family due to hardships of travelling in the harshest of the weather with limiting resources, unforeseen conflicts arising due to cohesions with cultures different than one’s own, and annihilation of one’s sense of identity and culture resulting from the public education Cherokee community’s identity and memory undergoes cultural and psychological changes. “The Trail of tears”, ensued by the signing of the Indian Removal Act (1830) and Treaty of New Echota (1835) between the United States and a few “accultured” Cherokees, led to the subsequent loss of oneness with the world

I found this field trip to be not only informative, but a fascinating insight into the Cherokee culture. Everything was so authentic and the people who were in charge of the museum and events seemed so passionate about teaching others the history of the Cherokees. Getting to see and talk to people who still uphold their native traditions and keep the culture alive was amazing. From the demonstrations of traditional games, to learning how to make pots from natural materials, I really got a sense of what it was like to live in a Cherokee village. Not only the visual aspect was inspiring, but they way they talked about their heritage and how proud they were to call themselves Cherokee was amazing. There was a true sense of family and community that was an

Most of us have learnt about the Trail of Tears as an event in American history, but not many of us have ever explored why the removal of the Indians to the West was more than an issue of mere land ownership. Here, the meaning and importance of land to the original Cherokee Nation of the Southeastern United States is investigated. American land was seen as a way for white settlers to profit, but the Cherokee held the land within their hearts. Their removal meant much more to them than just the loss of a material world. Historical events, documentations by the Cherokee, and maps showing the loss of Cherokee land work together to give a true Cherokee

Before settler colonialism, the Cherokee nation occupied the lands of “Kentucky… South Carolina, western North Carolina, east Tennessee, north Georgia, and northeastern Alabama.” (Perdue and Green 13). The Cherokees were removed from their lands and forced to move west of the Mississippi (Perdue and Green 14). The significant removal of the tribe is referred to as the Trail of Tears (Perdue and Green 14). The impact of this removal to the Peoplehood Matrix component of place and territory is very significant. The southern Appalachian region was occupied by the Cherokee nation since the eighteenth century (Perdue and Green 13). Chief John Ross showed many forms of resistance against the removal of the Cherokee tribe from sacred land, one of the forms being passive resistance (Perdue and Green 70). Chief