The Chickasaw Tribe: The Trail Of Tears

Oklahoma’s first African-American settlers were Indian slaves of the so-called "Five Civilized Tribes": Chickasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles. These tribes were forced to leave the Southeastern United States and resettle in Oklahoma in mid-winter over the infamous "Trail of Tears." After the Civil War,

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To begin with, the Cherokee name translates as “the real people” (Raley). This means they are indigenous people in

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First of all, the Cherokee were residents of Georgia, North and South Carolina,Virginia,Kentucky,and Tennessee. During, the 1800's on the Trail of Tears many

Chickasaw tribe has a rich tradition steeped in the arts, housing, food , language and society

The Cherokee are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Although they were not considered states at this time, they would have been in present day Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. However, in 1938 the Cherokees found an abundant amount of gold which left the United States in a scramble. Thus, President Johnson signed the removal act, which forced the Cherokees East of the Mississippi into the Great Plains and then went into dig up gold. The Cherokees thrived in the Great Plains, becoming farmers and excellent hunters. They settled along the Arkansas River, becoming fisherman. Just as it happened in 1938 the Cherokees were eventually forced off their lands and into the Oregon Territory. This trail they walked along was called the trail of tears, many Cherokees died because of food deprivation or various diseases. Today, this Trail of Tears is seen as the worst displays of discrimination in the history of the United States. Thus, we gave the Cherokees Reservations to live on in the Western United States. This journey they faced is arguably the hardest journey any tribe has ever faced and the way the Cherokees overcame this and turned their tribe into what it is today is what makes it special.

The Choctaw were the first tribe to be encouraged to located to Indian Territory after the 1820 Treaty of Doak’s Stand. The Choctaw that did decide to move to Indian Territory peacefully found that many white settlers were living on the land that was promised to them. The Choctaw Boundary Treaty helped to get rid of the white settlers and establish a boundary in what is now Oklahoma. The Choctaw that stayed behind in the Mississippi area were starting to realize that removal was the only way to survive, due to the State laws and government favoring the whites. In 1830 The Choctaw gave away all of their land and made their way to Indian Territory. On November 1st 1831, the Choctaw started their journey. Roads became rough due to heavy

Thornton, Russell “Cherokee Population Losses During Trail of Tears: A New Perspective and a New Estimate.” Ethnohistory, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Autumn, 1984): 289-300

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remuneration. Robertson had called Ugulayacabe “one of the greatest and influential characters in the Chickasaw Nation,” “sensible,” and said he “controlled three- fourths of the tribe” (Cowger 54). Spain thought the meetings at St. Louis and Mobile, and with the support of Ugulayacabe and Taski Etoka, would build a partnership with the Chickasaws, but Piominko held a different course. A year after the meeting at Mobile, Piominko and other Chickasaw leaders traveled to the state of Franklin to meet with its governor, John Sevier. The Chickasaw leaders met John Sevier at his home on the Nolichucky River. Piominko wanted trade and alliance to protect his tribe against threats from the Creeks. Piominko promised to help stop Cherokee parties from

On January 10, 1786, Chief Piomingo signed the Treaty of Hopewell, which marked the beginning of official relations between the Chickasaw nation and the United States. I am a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and today I would like to share with everyone some history of the Chickasaw people. First, I will tell you about the homeland, where we are originally from; Second, I will tell you about how we ended up in Oklahoma; and lastly, I will tell you about how well the Chickasaw nation is doing today.

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