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    the Cherokees had to migrate to the present-day of Oklahoma. With its devastating events such as‚ Hunger‚ disease‚ and exhaustion. Years later‚ The Cherokee people named the migration "The Trail of Tears". Over 4‚000 of 15‚000 of Cherokees were killed. The name‚ "The Trail of Tears"‚ comes from an exact translation of a quote made from Cherokee‚ "Nunna Daul Tsuny" or "The Trail where they Cried". While Migrating through the years 1938-39‚ Oklahoma was in a brutal winter. On the other hand.

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    American southeast. And while the act was theoretically voluntary‚ many Native Americans were coerced‚ forced‚ and manipulated into giving up their land. The primary target of the Indian Removal Act were the so-called “five civilized tribes‚” the Cherokee‚ Muscogee‚ Choctaw‚ Seminole‚ and Chicasaw‚ who controlled huge swaths of land in areas like Florida and Georgia. These tribes had tried a variety of tactics to hold on to their land‚ including assimilating and adopting European habits‚ which is

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    Among them was Chief Ross of the Cherokee Nation. Despite the practicality in the perspective of the Americans‚ removal of Native Americans was absolutely illegal. The Treaty of New Echota was a strong point in Ross’s argument. An incident occurred where false deputies who did not have the right to represent the Cherokee Nation signed the treaty itself. Therefore‚ after receiving word of this fraudulent occurrence‚ the treaty

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    began owning slaves an adopted Christianity as their religion. 8. The purpose of Zinn stating that Jackson was declaring states’ rights for Georgia on the Cherokee question but attacking South Carolinas right to to nullify a federal tariff to show that Jackson wanted to stay popular 9. The Trail of Tears was the removal of the Cherokee Indians by the government‚ from Georgia to Oklahoma. 10. The significance of the phrase “As long as grass grows or water runs” means basically that it’ll

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    Corporate impact upon Congress and the Government were a mess in fights in court in Federal courts. Railways and mining claims were tied up. Be that as it may‚ in 1892‚ a Cherokee Indian in Oklahoma killed another Cherokee Indian‚ and its result through the lawful framework would perpetually change the Federal orders and laws overseeing the power of Native American grounds. This Supreme Court case was known as Talton v. Mayes. While the Talton

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    night. Because the soldier was against the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears‚ this person was able to give direct information on what happened without sugar-coating anything. This helps the reader understand the harsh conditions given to Cherokee Indians during this Trail of

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    repel European American settlers from those lands north of the Ohio. Four hundred settlers were killed in the Fort Mims massacre. In the resulting Creek War‚ Jackson commanded the American forces‚ which included Tennessee militia‚ U.S. regulars‚ and Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ and Lower Creek warriors. Jackson served in the military again during the First Seminole War. He was ordered by President James Monroe in December 1817 to lead a campaign in Georgia against the Seminole and Creek Indians. In January 1835

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    Thomas King’s "The One About Coyote Going West" encompasses a Cherokee variant on Native Creation‚ the role of Coyote‚ the effect of white people on Natives‚ and a moral lesson classic to Native mythology. Also prevalent is the clichéd "don’t fix it if it ain’t broke" idea wherein matters of concern deteriorate when tampered with. Cherokee are a Native American tribe who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma. They believe that are two classes of the thunder beings‚ those

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    Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Motivated by Humanitarian Impulses? Authors: Anthony F. C. Wallace‚ Robert V. Remini‚ A Summary By: History 2111 Summer 2011 A summary comparison of views regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830‚ Was it an act of humanitarianism intended to help and save the Native American culture from the white settlers‚ as Robert V. Remini has argued? Or was his intent to destroy the tribal culture and to get rid of the Native Americans‚ as Anthony F.C Wallace

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    The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in what is now the Midwestern‚ Eastern‚ and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600‚ varying regionally. Composed of series of urban settlements and villages (the largest city being Cahokia) and linked together by a loose trading network. The Mississippians had no writing system or stone architecture. They worked naturally occurring metal deposits‚ such as hammering and annealing copper

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