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    believe that there is no hope for indians and that they just need to still away from the white. 4~The clash was going to come 5~Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw the heart of the Indian clans 6~White man says that it was to benefit the Indians, but that was mask for land grab 7~In war times in neutral 8~Thought indians about land so they can have the land. 9~Thomas jefferson is removal god, 10~After the war 1812 Andrew Jackson forced Indians to move 11~Choctaw called the new

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    the cases of Worchester v. Georgia and Cherokee v. Georgia to show how the Supreme Court interpreted the rights of the Native Americans and how the decisions were influenced by that current time period. 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

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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

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    American Literature Period 8 2 April 2017 The Cherokee Native American Tribe The Cherokee are considered one of the most advanced Native American tribes culturally and socially. The Cherokee tribe originated from several different regions in the United States including: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. The Cherokee lived in villages like most Native American Tribes. Each village housed four hundred to five hundred Cherokee people. There were two different villages that

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    states of Alabama and Mississippi. Since Indian tribes living there appeared to be the main obstacle to westward expansion, white settlers motioned for the federal government to displace them. This phenomenon was described by authors Robert V. Remini, in his article ‘Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation’, and Chief John Ross, in his letter ‘To the Senate and House of Representatives’. They express the views of Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee Indians respectively. Author Chief John Ross wrote

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    (Rothenberg, pg. 149-150). The Cherokee Indians have faced their share of hardship and oppression, from mistreatment to starvation; they have overcome the oppression from the white man to live a full and prosperous life. Within the Cherokee Indians, there exists a subgroup, the Cherokee woman. I am going to talk at length about this group. There exist some similarities and some differences between my perception and upbringing of being a white woman and the Cherokee woman in regards to culture, cultural

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    Indian Betrayal Looking back at the history of the United States, there are many instances and issues concerning race and ethnicity that shape the social classes that make up the United States today. There are many stories concerning the American Indian that are filled with betrayal, but there is probably none more cruel and shameful as the removal of the Cherokee Indians in 1838. Blood thirsty for money and property, the white settlers would soon use dirty methods to drive the Cherokee out

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    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

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    Even though Boudinot changed his opinion on the act of removing the Indians, the viewpoints of Black Hawk and Petalesharo did not; both of these Cherokee leaders gave speeches advocating for the protection of Cherokee lands. By using evidence and pathos, both chiefs validate their arguments on why the Cherokees should not be removed. In Petalesharo’s speech, directed towards President Monroe, Petalesharo uses ethos to show despite their nations’ differences, they are similar in their beliefs. Petalesharo

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    exists in this country. This diversity among Native American nations is illustrated by 250 languages and more than 500 tribes. One of these tribes is called the Cherokee Indians and this research paper is going to deal with them. Cherokee were probably the most acculturated Indians in the nineteenth century. They were one of the first Indian groups to successfully transform their aboriginal landscape into a new cultural landscape that sometimes surpassed their white frontier neighbors. They had a lots

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