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    In 1838 and 1839 Andrew Jackson from Tennessee was forceful on Indian Removal‚ and from 1814 to 1824 jackson was instrumental in negotiating nine out of 11 treaties‚ which had devastated the southern tribes of their eastern lands in the west. So the Cherokee indians were tired of it so they went to the supreme court. The n in 1830 Jackson pushed a whole new piece of legislation called the “Indian Removal Act”. Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans came off as rude because he did not like

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    conservation and appreciation of the commonly overlooked‚ Appalachian Trail •an initially “unfit”’ man w/ no familiarity to Trail makes a choice that will forever alter the way he lives his life •Although Bryson isn’t truly an “expert” on the AT‚ he still establishes his credibility as an experienced hiker by narrating his own witnesses to ultimately engage the readers’ attention towards the endearing App. Trail. Through the use of humor and detailed accounts‚ Bryson establishes

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    The Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 was established to hear any claims of the Indian tribes against the federal government for the unfair treatments. The federal government tried to utilize this act to deal with the long period of resentment of Indians as a reward for their contributions in the World War II. Hundreds of petitions from the Indians were submitted under this act. This act was positive to the Indians and the federal government has spend over 800 million dollars in dealing with these

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    Nation of Indians. Starting in 1814‚ Andrew Jackson wanted to move the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland of North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia‚ and Alabama‚ to the present day state of Oklahoma. The Indian Nations traveled through the Trail of Tears to get to their forced new territory. They traveled in many different ways of transportation such as foot‚ horse‚ and wagon. Though many are informed of the horror of the Indian Removal Acts‚ the public seemed

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    of Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences influencing future policy and resulting in the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson sincerely believed that in order to have a perfect nation‚ it was needed to remove the Indians to the west side of the Mississippi River. He went to Congress and with his first annual message addressing his case of the

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    As more and more people migrated to the United States‚ the government felt that settlers needed more space in the US Territory. They had already forced several Native American tribes off of “US land” by the time Andrew Jackson was President. In the Southwestern United States‚ the Creek‚ Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ and Chickasaw tribes excelled in interacting with new settlers. Jackson had been able to maintain a peaceful relationship with these tribes and had even raised a Creek orphan alongside his own

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    Get in your room and clean it up! No mom I want to hang out with my friends! Well if you don’t clean your room then u will be grounded and won’t be hanging out with your friends! This happens all over the world today‚ and it’s not a good thing. Children need to be more respectful to their parents and listen to them when they tell them to do something. When children don’t listen to their parents when they are told to do something they never learn to treat their parents with respect. 50 years ago

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    In this trial of Mr. Genghis Khan (Johnny) vs. Mr. Genghis Khan not being civilized‚ I believe that the Mongol Warrior (Adam) helped bring out the fact that Mr. Khan was indeed innocent of this accusation. This Mongol warrior brought forth the fact that they did indeed give the civilizations a chance to surrender to the Mongols. The Mongol warrior also acknowledged the laws that Mr. Khan had made‚ (This was backed up by the Historian Juvaini (Rachel) and the research that was done by that person)

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    was a shameful act in American history due to what the Natives were subjected to. As documented by heaps of historians‚ the Trail of Tears was one of the saddest periods in the history of Indian tribe neglect. “Andrew Jackson had placed Indian removal at the top of his administration’s priorities." (Hershberger 1) With this notion came the inevitable Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears is known to man as a collective of removals that targeted Native Americans. Before the Indian Removal Act of 1930

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    Culture Four and seven are very important numbers to the Cherokee tribe. Four represents the cardinal directions which include north east south west and in addition three others exist the upper world the lower world and the center where we live seven represents the seven clans of the Cherokee (anigilohi (Long Hair)‚ anisahoni (Blue)‚ aniwaya(Wolf)‚ anigotegewi (Wild Potato)‚ aniawi (Deer)‚ anitsisqua (Bird)‚ and aniwodi (Paint)) it also represents the height of purity and sacredness which was hard

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