they wanted. The Cherokee Nation was one of the tribes that Americans did not care was there first. The Americans unethically moved the Cherokee people and took the Cherokee’s land and all the riches inside because they were determined to get whatever they wanted‚ in a time referred to as The Indian Removal. In 1791 America started to create some treaties the Cherokee people. After signing the Treaty of Holston‚ which was a treaty of peace and friendship between America and the Cherokee nation‚ America
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William Fyffe‚ although not a historian‚ proceeds to document the discrepancies and similarities between the Cherokee Indians and the colonials in his letter to his brother. According to Fyffe‚ the Cherokees valued war and orderly communication amongst one another and these cultural beliefs were rather antithetical to European culture. Warfare was an integral component of the Cherokee culture and could be considered antithetical to European culture as it permeated into their daily life. The Indians
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States was trying to force the Cherokee to leave their land‚ when they should not be forced to leave at all. They were given two options to either stay or leave‚ but they did not know what to do. People think the Cherokee need to leave because their land was blocking the path for them to expand‚ but they did risk death if they did leave. The Cherokee should stay and fight for their land because it was given to them from their forefathers as a gift. The Cherokee should be able to stay because
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Brief History The Cherokee is spread out over what are currently Kentucky‚ West Virginia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Alabama and Tennessee. The people called themselves Ani Yunwiya‚ which means “the principal people‚” and were the largest single tribe in the south. The name Cherokee was given to them by other Indian tribes and meant “people who speak another language.” In the 16th century‚ there were about 25‚000 Cherokee. From 1684 to 1835 white settlers moved through their lands.
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Andrew Jackson viewed himself as a friend to the Cherokee people because he always wanted what was best for the Cherokee and he thought of himself as a fatherly figure. President Jackson always wanted what was best for the Cherokee people. He looked out for them by keeping their best interests in mind. Andrew Jackson positively keeps them in mind when he says‚ “[...] enable them to pursue happiness” (Doc 1). The president says the relocating of the Cherokee to the west is their best option. According
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The Cherokee Tribe started hundreds of years ago before the opening of the European connection in the southeastern part of what is now the United States. Cherokee society continued to develop new elements from European settlers. The Cherokee Tribe has many different social organizations‚ languages‚ economic systems‚ and customs and traditions. The social organizations shows how some are being used as the social classes today. Wilma Mankiller was one of the first women voted in as principal chief
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Most of the Cherokee lived Eastern half of the North America‚ they were the first of the Native American Tribes to come in contact with the new colonist. War began when Andrew Jackson ignored the treaty President Washington had signed and waged war on the Cherokee. The US Government began displacing Cherokee to the west of the Mississippi River. On 1832 the US Supreme Court founded the Cherokee as a nation. But Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling to concentration
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Cherokee Removal In 1828‚ Andrew Jackson was presented as president. He wanted to remove Indians to have more land for the white people. When Jackson wanted to remove the Indians most cooperated‚ but not the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee Indians refused to leave their land. Jackson had given a speech about the removal act. He didn’t care what tribe of Indians it was he didn’t want any Indians on "His" land. In Jacksons mind if one tribe of Indians left they would all leave. If only it was that
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The Oneida and the Cherokee A general history of Native Americans has been a part of my education for as long as I can remember. I remember how during the week before Thanksgiving‚ my 1st grade class did a skit about the “First Thanksgiving”. In order to look like Indians we made vests out of paper grocery bags and crumpled them up to look like leather and drew on them with crayons. When I think of my education of Native American culture‚ I think of going to North Pacific Reservations and seeing
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came along‚ Native Americans called North America their home. Specifically‚ the Cherokee tribe thrived in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Even after European intervention‚ Cherokee culture still lived on. In the book‚ The Story of the Cherokee Indians‚ 9th grade Cherokee students from the Eastern Band describe some of the distinct details of their culture. This publication is just one way that the Cherokee craft has been able to live on. This essay will briefly illustrate the lineage
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