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    The five tribes are known as the Five Civilized Tribes. The five tribes are the Cherokee Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, and Seminole Indians. These five tribes weren’t apart of the original allotment act (Calloway 423). This act was giving land to the nations in continual effort to “civilize” the Indians. All five of the tribes renovated their financial, teaching, and administrative design after the removal procedure, and were workable as self-ruling government (Calloway

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    They made transitions such as moving property ownership from females to males, using modern farming technologies, sending children to school, and attending church. These tribes soon became known as the Five Civilized Tribes, but ultimately, they were unable to assimilate due to the issue of land ownership. Communal property was incompatible with absolute property because the Americans believed that occupied land was not equivalent to owning the land. As a result, Southerners re-divided counties in

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    In 1824, due to escalating conflicts between Osages and eastern tribes, the government constructed Ft. Gibson at the mouth of the Neosho on the Arkansas River, thus adding government settlers or merchants to the mix of traders and changing trade practices in the area forever. "Should peace be restored, the different tribes would turn their attention altogether to hunting, consequently the Arkansas River would become as valuable highway as the

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    Introduction The Trail of Tears was the trail that killed scads Cherokee Indians. They were the one of the five most civilized tribes to be moved from their homeland. They were moved only by the reason of the greedy white settlers that wanted more land. Beside the point, little did they know on this long trail that thousands of their people would die? It would be the biggest life change in the Cherokee Nation, though 1,000 Native Americans seemed to escape, they were multitudes that died

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    Who is this Isaac Parker that a lot of people don’t know about? Why was his nickname “the hanging judge”? Where did he live before he was the judge in Fort Smith, Arkansas? It is time to learn who this man was and why he became who he was. Isaac Charles Parker was born in a log cabin Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio on October 15,1838. He was the youngest son of Joseph and Jane Parker, and was the great-nephew of Governor Wilson Shannon. Joseph was a plain, old farmer in Ohio while Jane was known

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    on a difficult and brutal moment in American history, authors James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield compiled a two-volume book about the horrors of the Indian removal act. In it were bear witness to the atrocities committed against the “Five Civilized Tribes” as they are forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland. Parins and Littlefield give clear clinical accounts of the Cherokee Nation’s struggle in arguing for its national sovereignty as well as its failure to prevent the impediment by the

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    A Comparison of the Cherokee and Lakota Creation Stories Joshua J. Vanderstigchel HIST223 History of the American Indian Tamrala Swafford American Military University 08 July 2017 A Comparison of the Cherokee and Sioux Creation Stories There are many cultures throughout the world, and each has its’ own creation story, and many of them are very similar; however the creation stories of the First Nations’ People are some of the most magical. These stories not only tell how the world was

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    The Five Civilized Tribes are a dignified people that should not be forgotten in our state or nation’s history. The Five Civilized Tribes were five different Indian nations that were separate but collectively known as “The Five Civilized Tribes”. These five tribes were the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee. Today, the Five Civilized Tribes are a thriving group of people that have a troubling past, but withstood wars, hatred, and relocation. In the beginning of the United States’s

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    Christianity, learn to speak and read English and adopt European-style economic practices like Individual ownership of land and other property. Some of the Tribes embraced these customs and become known as the “Five Civilized Tribes”. (www.history.com) Many White settlers made their fortunes by growing cotton and they didn’t care how “civilized” their native neighbors were: “They wanted that land and they would do almost anything to get it. They stole livestock; burned and looted houses and towns

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    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

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