Introduction: Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis. What was
Cherokee Indians Alicia Stephens AIU Abstract In this paper I will discuss the history of the Cherokee Indians in the United States. First by describing the tribes pre-Columbian history to include the settlement dates and known cultural details. Then a brief description of the cultural and religious beliefs of the tribe will be given, as well as the tribe’s history after contact with settlers. Finally discussing John Ross, who he was and how he affected the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians
grew stronger. It was a story of hope, courage, and survival. This was the Trail of Tears. Many events led up to the Cherokee’s removal. The Indian Removal caused the Cherokee indians to move west. A man named Major Ridge struck lots of bargains with the United States. This man, Major Ridge, was one of the native sons, born in 1771, that lived in the Cherokee territory. The Cherokee’s lived in the Christians Eden because they believe their ancestors once lived in the same area. Throughout Major Ridge’s
If you don’t know the history about the Cherokee indians I am going to tell you in my essay. In my opinion i feel that the best chance of survival is to just accept new tribal lands and move west. After all the research about the Cherokee indians i feel if they want they tribe to be safe is to flea their land. The reasons i say the Cherokee should leave is because if they do leave they will be given 5,000,000 dollars and 7,000,000 acres of land. Another reason they should accept to move to the
Isabelle Grala 7th Period Walley Removal of The Cherokee In 1838, the Cherokee Indian Removal Act forced Cherokee and Creek Indians out of Georgia on a 5,045 mile walk all the way to the farthest west land that the United States had at the time, Oklahoma[1]. This event is now known as The Trail of Tears known for the many tears shed by the Indians that had to travel on the trail. The main reason for their removal from the premises was because of the gold that was discovered in the land of the
Cherokee Indians As stated in the “Cherokees,” Robert J. Conley said, “Cherokees are a Native American people whose ancestral lands were a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States.” They adapt to their surroundings rapidly when they settle in the southeast. These lands are very helpful for the Cherokee Indians to survive. Some factors of the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee Indians, are their advanced tools and weapons, their variations of clothing, and their religion. The advanced
removed from their land because the Cherokee had many rights and many of them were violated by the government. The Cherokee were trying everything they could to stay in their land but they could not. For they were removed inhumanely while attempting to save their nation from being wiped off the face of the earth. The Cherokee indians were being forced out of the land that rightfully belonged to them. During the indian removal act of 1830 the Cherokee indians were being forced off their land that
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are indigenous of parts of the Southeastern United States. They have members all the way south as Georgia and are spread out across the Appalachian mountain trail in both North and South Carolina and stretching across into Tennessee. The land in which each tribe is from has a particular way is shaping how they live and defines the important aspects of that culture. In the Eighteenth Century the Cherokee Indians were one of the most heavily populated Indian societies
settlers from Georgia and South Carolina that wanted to settle on Cherokee land. To end hostilities between State settlers and Indians the U.S. government enacted the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785 which was a peace treaty between the U.S. and the Cherokee Nation, it also set boundaries and it gave Cherokees a right to remove any unwanted settlers within their boundaries. I argue that due to changes in traditional values, Georgia laws, Indian Removal Act, differing ideas of relocation between Cherokees is
The Cherokee Nation flourished in 1838 through Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. They had their own newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix, they grew corn and cotton, raised hogs and cattle, and they lived in log houses. The Cherokee Indians lived in peace, up until October of 1838. Cherokees were forced out of their homes and held at gunpoint by 7,000 soldiers, an order from President Martin Van Buren who was pressured by Georgia. Eighteen thousand Indians were pressured to march from