The Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation is are Native American’s who according to 19th century ethnographers originated in the northern portion of the United States in the Great Lakes area’s and eventually migrated south to the Southeastern United States‚ Georgia‚ The Carolinas and Tennessee. Eventually the Cherokee’s were forced to relocate in Oklahoma (the authors home). This paper will cover the origins of the Cherokee‚ The Trail of Tears and some interesting cultural differences and rituals
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In the early 1700s‚ one of the Cherokee leaders came to South Carolina to discuss trade agreements with the governor and was surprised to find that there was no white women present. And then Europeans were also surprised to see that Cherokee women were equally important as men‚ politically and economically. The women of the Cherokee tribe also could get divorced easily‚ rarely experienced rape or domestic violence‚ they worked as farmers‚ owned their own homes and fields‚ and had significant political
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The Cherokee tribe inhabited what is present day Virginia‚ West Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia and Alabama. Being located in what would become the Southeastern part of the United States meant their inevitability in getting involved in the revolutionary war. The Cherokee tribe’s involvement in the American Revolution was both important to the course of the war and resulted in devastation to the tribe. The Cherokee way of life‚ like all Native American tribes‚ was very different from
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t is believed the Cherokee tribe originated in the Great Lakes area and are of Iroquoian descent. Due to unknown circumstances‚ the tribe eventually migrated to the Southeast portion of the the United States. The first record of interactions with the Cherokee people was in the sixteenth century with Spanish explorers. The Cherokee people have been considered highly innovative and adaptive. For example‚ instead of the traditional teepee‚ they built log cabins. As one of the largest Indian tribes‚
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History of the Cherokee Indians: Growth to Reduction of the tribes Mary Ruef Axia College University of Phoenix I would like to provide you with some information regarding the Cherokee Indians. I am one quarter Cherokee Indian. My grandmother is full blooded Cherokee and may mother is one half Cherokee. Cherokee comes from a creek word “Cherokee” meaning “people of a different speech” (Cherokee history 1996). There are 561 officially recognized Indian tribes in the United
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The Cherokee Indians are members of an important tribe of North American indians whose first known center was in the southern parts of North America. Currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina‚ the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma‚ and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians‚ also in Oklahoma. Location The Cherokee Indians had many Native American villages spread along the Tennessee River which runs through the Appalachian
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Is it worth fighting a battle that you might never win? The Cherokee was a native American tribe that had lived east of the Mississippi River on some of Georgia’s richest farmland. White settlers had wanted the land for themselves‚ and their yearning only increased when gold was discovered on the land. At first‚ the Cherokee tried to fit in with the Americans: creating their own written language‚ wearing similar clothing to Americans‚ converting to Christianity‚ and intermarrying with whites. They
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The Removal of the Cherokee The tragedy of the Cherokee nation has haunted the legacy of Andrew Jackson"’"s Presidency. The events that transpired after the implementation of his Indian policy are indeed heinous and continually pose questions of morality for all generations. Ancient Native American tribes were forced from their ancestral homes in an effort to increase the aggressive expansion of white settlers during the early years of the United States. The most notable removal came
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During the Cherokee removal period‚ many Cherokees stood up to express their opinions on this conflict. Most of the Cherokee members were against this act and furiously fought back against Congress’s decision. However‚ there were some who have other ideas about the Cherokee Nation’s future – they believed it was better for them to move. Regardless of different opinions‚ the Cherokees never stopped to advocate for themselves. Throughout the removal period‚ political leaders of the United States sometimes
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Cherokee Nation is a book written in 1830 by what appears to be someone who sympathized with the tribes in the south east. It is evident that the author of Cherokee Nation is an Indian telling the Native Americans’ story with everything that happened during the westward expansion of the White Americans in the 19TH century. Former president of the United States Thomas Jefferson thought the nation’s future depended on its westward expansion and with the Louisiana Purchase that took place in 1803‚ it
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