The Cherokee Removal: Comparison and contrast of John Ross and Elias Boudinot’s views When Andrew Jackson became president his drive of Indian removal started a discussion among all Americans. This controversial discussion was not only between Americans and the Cherokee Indians‚ but also controversial within the Cherokee people. Some Cherokee saw this conflict in different ways and with different possible outcomes. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Made these discussions a real part of the Cherokee’s
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when trying to keep their spot in a line or at a crowded activity. However‚ sometimes this is more than a petty argument amongst kids. The Indian Removal Act was pushed through Congress by President Andrew Jackson‚ giving President Jackson the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River (“Indian Removal”). Originally‚ the relocations were supposed to be voluntary: the Indians could either relocate to the West of the Mississippi River‚ or they could
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B00386518 Section 11 Chapter 7 The Removal of the Cherokees Why did Removal Happen? The Trail of Tears was a name given to the cruel journey of the Cherokee Indians that were forced to move west from their native land in Georgia by The United States of America. It was a crucial time in United States history and much of the blame has been put on Americans. But it should be known that removal of the Cherokee tribe has two sides. Removal of the Cherokee Indians happened not only because of White Americans
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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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a law to remove the indians and move them west of the Mississippi. The indian removal act was put in place to give the southern states the land that the indians had originally settled on. The act was signed on May 28‚ 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The new law was strongly supported by the south and it greatly affected the five civilized tribes: The Chickasaw‚Choctaw‚ Muscogee-Creek‚ Seminole‚ and original Cherokee
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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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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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Even if it was quite a good deal for the federal government‚ a lot of people who were part of the Cherokee tribe felt betrayed because the negotiators did not represent the tribal government. John Ross‚ the principal chief of the Nation once wrote “The instrument in question is not the act of our nation‚” to the Senate of the United States of America protesting against this treaty. Furthermore‚ a large number of Cherokees (about 16‚000) signed Ross’s petition‚ but the treaty was approved anyway by
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that focuses solely on female life. Instead‚ Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change‚ 1700-1835 rewrites the history of the Cherokee people both by placing women in the forefront and by showing how gender affected the Native culture and Cherokee-American relations. In the process‚ Theda Perdue recasts the history of the "most civilized tribe" in terms of persisting traditions. As Perdue demonstrates‚ the world of Cherokee men and the world of Cherokee women‚ although interconnected in many ways
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