The Five Civilized Tribes

Since neither the United States nor Native Americans would give up their goals, the government of United States figured that to win Native Americans and get all they wanted, government needed to spend lots of money and time. The United States tried to figure out a peaceful way to communicate with Native Americans. The new workable system fell to President George Washington’s first Secretary of War Henry Knox (p. 10).Henry Knox brought a new relation between Americans and Native Americans. Knox and Washington believed that the “uncivilized” Indian life was based on them not knowing better. On the other hand, their inferiority was cultural not racial (p. 11). In 1791 they announced the Cherokees may be led to a greater civilized society instead of remaining hunters. So women started to weave cloth, these Cherokee planters became rich, and the first law established in 1808 was about preventing the theft horses, also Cherokees invented a system for writing the Cherokee language.

     In Georgia, the Cherokee Indians had developed a lifestyle that included schools, mills, and turnpikes. In the 1820's, under pressure from the state to give up their lands, they wrote a constitution, hired lawyers, and sued in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the rights of the Cherokee against Georgia. However, Jackson refused to carry out the decision that ordered Georgia to return Cherokee lands. He is quoted as to have said, "Marshall has made his opinion, now let him enforce it."

In 1831, the Cherokee nation went to court against the state of Georgia. They were disputing the state’s attempt to hold jurisdiction over their territory. Unfortunately, because they are not under the laws of the constitution, the Indian’s right to court was denied. It was not until 1835 that the Cherokee finally agreed to sign the treaty, giving up their Georgia land for that of Oklahoma.

When the Cherokee Nation sued Georgia state they believed they were going to get justice. In some part during the ruling it was in their favor, they were named to be part of the United States and were Americans not Indians. The supreme court which was mostly ruled by Chief Justice John Marshall; had decided that they had no rights to any of their lands. They also denied them to self-govern because their lack of jurisdiction and they had no court power. Which the Cherokee people were against because they wanted to have full control of their land. It was their land they wanted to be able to do anything they wanted with it and set their own rules ruled. John Marshal disagreed with what they wanted to do and ruled his way. Which then led to Worcester V. Georgia. The verdict in this trial was that they could take away Cherokee land at any given time. They had made it clear that the land of Cherokee was not part of the United State; even though it should had been part of US territory. At the end, they could be forced to relocate and this

The Court's opinion in the Cherokee Nation case differed from Worcester because the Supreme Court ruled that “the Cherokee nation ... is a distinct community, occupying its own territories, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizen of Georgia have no right to enter,” while Worcester believed that the Cherokee Nation

The precursor of the two Supreme Court cases that we are discussing started in 1828 when Georgia developed laws to take away the basic human rights of the Cherokee Indians. The laws also said that the Cherokee could be removed from their lands. The Cherokee nation said in

rights of the Cherokees, tribal meetings had to be held just across the state line at Red Clay,

Despite the fact that former president Thomas Jefferson believed that civilized tribes could be integrated into the United States population, this law was still widely accepted among southern states. It was also completely ignored that the tribes were already acting in a way that would be considered civilized. The Cherokee had its own government, laws, and a constitution much like the United States. In response to the law, the Cherokee went to Congress for help to protect their rights, which the treaties they had with the federal government made certain. There was a case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia in 1831, but the Chief Justice Marshall made the false claim that Indians were nomads and had no need for their land. He also said that the Indians were like “wards”

The Cherokee Nation wanted federal order against Georgia’s passed laws. The laws that were passed were extremely wrong, hateful and they stripped the power of human rights of the Tribe. The Cherokee Nation believed that Georgia was violating the 3rd article in the constitution.The 3rd Article of the Constitution describes the judicial power. The 2nd Section states that the Supreme court has the choice of listening to any case they please. They believed that Georgia was depriving them of rights to the land that they had claimed as their own. The Cherokee tribe had the rights to the land because of a previous

The US Supreme Court, in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 5 Pet. 1 1 (1831) declared the Cherokee people to be a “dépendent domestique nation,” allowing a policy of separatism through the reservation system The Cherokee individuals had lived in Georgia and what is currently the southeastern Joined States for many years. In 1542, Hernando

According to the author, allowing a liberal appropriated education for the Native Americans would help rid them of their savage and tribal ways so that they may more easily assimilate into American society. The only ones who would benefit from this action would be the, “Five Civilized Tribes,” which do not include tribes which have refused to cooperate with the American government. The disadvantage to this would be the possible loss of a rich and colorful culture. The Native Americans would essentially be trading their way of life for a more comfortable life-style. I do foresee some issues with this, as I said before, I can only imagine that some tribes would outright refuse the offer in favor of protecting their way of life rather than abiding by laws they do not feel they should be controlled by. This perspective provides a very close minded and conservative effect on the physical and human environment. I feel the author fails to realize that there are many walks to life, and he wishes to force his own upon a people who have lived on the land for centuries before him.

Resentment of the Cherokee had been accumulating for some time before it reached its peak following the unearthing of gold in northern Georgia. White communities were possessed with gold fever and the desire to expand their lands. With this in mind, the U.S. government decided it was time for the Cherokees to be removed. Senators Daniel Webster and Henry Clay were against the removal of the Cherokee. The missionary to the Cherokees challenged Georgia’s attempt to eliminate their title to land in Georgia. His case went before the Supreme Court and he won. According to the Cherokee Nation, “Worcester vs. Georgia, 1832 and Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, 1831 are considered the two most influential legal decisions in Indian law.” Georgia won the case in 1831 but in Worcester vs. Georgia, the Supreme Court declared Cherokee sovereignty. In spite of the court’s decision, President Andrew Jackson ordered the removal of the Cherokee. The Cherokee Nation believes “this act established the U.S.

Today all three Federally Recognized tribes are viewed as separate Nations by the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) but in reality they are related by Family ties that go back thousands of years. Each chief from each tribe all meet in Cherokee North Carolina to re-light a flame that once burned in their mother Town Kuwaiti, but that was a historic moment and it’s going to take them some time to repair the bond they once had that was broken throughout times of their ancestors. Some of the Cherokee people went to the white house and told the president that not all Cherokee people wanted to pursue what was deemed a “civilized” life. Then the delegation requested the President divide the upper towns, whose people wanted to establish a regular government, from the lower towns who wanted to continue living traditionally.

The set of documentaries known as People Like us, revealed how different people tend to perceive and determine someone’s position in society. Measuring social class in American can be influenced by many different factors. In fact, sociologists generally rely on the objective method that determines the class of someone based on their occupation, education, income, and place of residence. Although Americans tend to deny the idea of people being separated by class, it is something that greatly influences the cultural norms, actions, and interactions among all individuals in society.

A positive coexistence among all tribes is achievable. The teachings of Allah’s Prophet and those sidelined in the Quran, should be understood and used effectively allow peace prevail among religions.