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    will talk about the causes and consequences of government relocation and reservation policies of the Cherokee tribe, this essay, discuss about 3 sources that shows the evidence of the government relocation and reservation. The 3 sources are The Trial Of Tears, The Removal Act and The Holston (1719) Treaty. But firstly, this essay will talk about The Cherokee Tribe. The Cherokee tribes or Native toward the North American landmass. At the point when the European settlers came over in the sixteenth

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    was passing the Indian Removal Act: the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to relocate to land west of the Mississippi. The Five Civilized Tribes were groups of Indians who took up territory within the United States but upon agreement of the United States government, acted as Europeans in order to be allowed to stay living within the territory. However, with the unconstitutional act and Jackson wanting more land, the loyal tribes had no other option but to leave and encounter the tragedy event

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    gradually fell under a false impression that as “discoverers” of these lands, they were rightfully entitled to them. This influence sparked the appearance of many counterfeit treaties in Northern territories, in which unofficial individuals of the tribes were being bribed or threatened to sign away vast amounts of land. This fueled the Native Iroquois to form a confederacy to keep settlers from surveying or settling on to their lands; Furthermore resulting in border warfare between frontiersman and

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    Georgia (1831). In the time before the case, the Cherokee was rapidly becoming civilized adopting a constitution and affirming their jurisdiction over their territories. In response to this Georgia in 1829 passed legislature extending their state authority over the Cherokee stripping their rights and asking them to leave or fall under

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    The Indian Removal Act

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    urged the American government to acquire more territory inhabited by American Native tribes. To appease the desires of the settlers, the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. This law affected many tribes living in the eastern part of the country that agreed to move to unsettled parts of the country to the west and moved peacefully without any resistance. The effect, however, was much more devastating for tribes that refused to leave their homelands and resulted in the deaths of thousands that

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    The Relationship Between Oklahomans and Native Americans I. Introduction When the name Oklahoma is mentioned, there are certain things that come to the minds of many people and one of those things are Native Americans. Native Americans and Oklahoma share a special bond that neither one of them ever thought would come into fruition. This special bond between Native Americans and Oklahoma is something that started with great hesitance but has blossomed into something great. During this

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    States is deeply rooted in the oral traditions of the various tribes that have historically called that region home. While the tribes most integrally associated with the Southeastern U.S. in the American popular mind--the FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole)--were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) from their ancestral territories in the American South, descendents of those tribes have created compelling literary works that have kept alive

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    as colonists, “the nature of Indian slavery changed abruptly and dramatically” (Seybert, 1). The noticeable effect of the settlement of Europeans on Indian slavery was Native American tribes going to war with other tribes

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    Joel Fernando 11-11-08 HIST-281 WI Research Paper Rough Draft Native Americans in the Civil War The American Civil War was fought between the Unions, from the northern region of America, and the Confederacy, from the southern region of America. A war that was started because of slavery and fought between western europeans and incidentally people who live on the land such as Native American. The battles fought were all over the land in America. So, if a territory was on the land, then the people

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    that. Since expansion was so prevalent, there was no longer place in America for the Native American culture America in the southeast was home to several Indian tribes. During the early 1800s the main goal of Native American policy was to “civilize” what Americans deemed as “savage” Indians. These policies lead to a cluster of Indian tribes who became

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