war involving the Cherokee and the Chickasaw before the Indian Removal Policy was passed and the Cherokee were defeated. Chief Dragging Canoe was forced to sign a treaty in 1777 which split up the tribe. The portion of the tribe in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee became known as the Chickamauga and Chief Doublehead became their chief. After a short period of time‚ Chief Doublehead signed a treaty and gave away the land of his people. Since tribal law says "Death to any Cherokee who proposed to sell
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situations‚ whole tribes were killed or forced to move. The Native Americans had to leave their homelands‚ were forced on a dangerous‚ deadly journey‚ and shoved in a new land with which they were not comfortable. One such removal was that of the Cherokee and other tribes in the southeastern portion of the United States. The removal was a direct result of the Removal Act signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28‚ 1830. The Act stated that “no state could achieve proper culture‚ civilization‚ and
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civilized? Jackson did not care. This changed a lot of people’s opinion of him especially because during the Worcester vs. Georgia case‚ the Supreme Court gave the Cherokee their victory simply stating that they did exist‚ but Jackson ignored it. He immediately wanted to enforce the law and made federal troops force out all the remaining Cherokee people living in Georgia‚ with only
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Most people are conscious of the devastating effects The Trail of Tears had on the Cherokee people‚ some question its necessity and the mindset of President Andrew Jackson to not only let this horrific affair to take lace but to fight tooth and nail for this policy. Despite the plethora of writings in place regarding the injustices that the Native Americans endured during the Trail of Tears very little attention has been given to why the people of that time would allow this forced removal to take
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concluded that‚ “discovery also gave the discoverer the exclusive right to extinguish Indian title either by purchase or by conquest. Natives were recognized only as temporary occupants of the land‚ and not as owners (Learn NC). The decision to move the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River‚ decided by the Jackson administration‚ was more of a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790’s. There were several moral aspects of moving the Indians that were
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Braden Moss Mr. Boyd 10/27/14 1st Period Indian Removal DBQ Ever since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was not the only viable decision Jackson had in view of the issues‚ but Jackson had many reasons why he thought the decision was valid even though the Supreme Court said it was illegal in
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As John Burnett once said‚ “The trail of the exiles was a trail of death”. This perfectly describes the Trail of Tears- a journey in which 15‚000 Cherokees were forced to walk about 1‚000 miles in the harsh cold winter. The Trail of Tears was a horrifying event- full of hunger‚ diseases‚ exhaustion‚ and death. The seventh president of the United States of America‚ Andrew Jackson‚ was the cause of this brutal and heartbreaking journey. He forcibly transferred the Cherokees from their home on the
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to the period of time in which the Federal government forcibly removed thousands of Cherokee‚ along with the members of other Indian tribes. The Cherokee was succumbed to disease‚ lack of food‚ foul weather‚ mistreatment of soldiers‚ and much more. The removal process and the actual journey cost thousands of lives‚ extinguishing a large portion of the tribal population. The term Trail of Tears came from the Cherokee term Nunna dual Tsung‚ which translated meant “Trail where we cried” (Thornton 289)
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beliefs or views to follow. On the other hand‚ I am one-quarter Cherokee Indian. My father’s mother was a full-blood Cherokee. I’ve always been intrigued by this culture and the challenges and discrimination the tribe had faced throughout their development. The Cherokee Indians once settled in the Great Lake region of the United States. The Indians migrated south to the region which is now Georgia. Once settled in the south‚ the Cherokee tribe prospered. The tribe constructed a written language
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Eastern Cherokee in the early-to-mid 19th century. However‚ it all really begins in 1830. Major Ridge was discussing treaties regarding selling land to the U.S. Government. The Cherokee believed that lived in their own sanctuary‚ their paradise‚ and that their ancestors had always lived here. Major Ridge felt if he could die to preserve his people land’s he would gladly do so. The Cherokee picked the wrong side during the American Revolution which caused American soldiers to desecrate Cherokee lands
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