The Cherokee were a tribe from the south east, they lived in present day Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Cherokee were originally called the Aniyunwiya. They also spoke the language called Tsalagi Gawonihisdi, the man who created this language along with their alphabet was Sequoyah. The Cherokee were a tribe with different ways of living, instead of living in the common teepee the Cherokee lived in cabins that were made of logs, they lived in villages that consisted of thirty to fifty families. The Cherokee were a strong tribe, they consisted of small sections that were lead by chiefs. The Cherokee tribe lived off of farming, hunting, and gathering. They could farm vegetables such as corn, squash, and beans. They hunted animals like deer, rabbits, turkey, and sometimes even bears. They would cook foods for instance stew and cornbread. When the Cherokee had to travel to places, when getting wood, or getting food they would travel by foot or canoe. They would use trails so that let them travel threw villages, and their canoes were made by hollowing out large tree trunks. The Cherokee weren't all about hard labor and cooking they were also very religious. They believed in spirits. The Cherokee would perform ceremonies so they could ask spirit to help them. There were special ceremonies before battle, leaving on a hunt, and when sick tribe members needed healing. For these ceremonies they would dress up and dance to music. Their largest celebration was called the Green Corn Ceremony which thanked the spirits for the harvest of corn. In the Cherokee villages the men were responsible for the hunting and war, as for the woman they stayed home and cleaned, farmed, and took care of the family...
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... treaty signed giving the Cherokee three years to move west. Major Ridge and a few other followers moved to the indian territory, but the majority stayed home. In the summer of 1838 Gen. Winfield Scott took 7,000 troops and rounded up the Cherokee at the bayonet point. Only about 400 Cherokee escaped into the hills and stayed in North Carolina. About 18,000 Cherokee did not escape and were herded into a series of forts. The Army escorted the first groups over the 800 miles to what became eastern Oklahoma. Many died on this march that John Ross pleaded with Gen. Scott to allow him to organize the people into smaller parties who could forage food along the way. Threw the fall and the awful winter of 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee marched west, the average trip took up to six months. Despite the effort shown forth by Ross about 4,000- 18,000 cherokee died on the trail.
The Sioux Indians are a tribe of Native Americans that have endured persecution, segregation, and isolation. Though they suffered greatly, they stuck together and fought for their beliefs and religion. They are a diverse people ranging from warriors to holy men to farmers. The Sioux were a culturally rich and kindhearted people who were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in.
Democracy can be traced back before the coming of Christ. Throughout Greece during the sixth century democracy was in its earliest stages and as the millenniums would pass the power of government by the people would show distinct alterations. This is evident when analyzing The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green. These authors illustrate how the U.S government adjusts policies from that of assimilating the Native American Indians to that of removing them from their homelands and forcibly causing the Cherokee nation to relocate themselves west of the Mississippi. In further depth Perdue and Green portray though vivid description how the government would show disloyalty and how that caused division between the tribal members of the Cherokee people. This endeavor of travel and animosity of the Indians would become known as the Trail of Tears.
...(Perdue 20). It gave them two years to prepare for removal. Many of the Cherokees, led by John Ross, protested this treaty. However, in the winter of 1838-1839, all of the Cherokees headed west toward Oklahoma. This removal of the Cherokees is now known, as the Trail of Tears was a very gruesome event. During the trip from the southern United States to current day Oklahoma, many of the Cherokees died. Shortly after their arrival in Oklahoma, they began to rebuild. They began tilling fields, sending their children to school, and attending Council meetings (Perdue 170).
Ross implored that the document was a fraud, he even sent a petition to the American government with roughly fifteen thousand Cherokee signatures on it getting the courts attention. "On April 23, 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson appealed to Jackson 's successor, President Martin Van Buren, urging him not to inflict "so vast an outrage upon the Cherokee Nation." (Legends of America) Ross fought the treaty until the very day it specified for their removal, but his efforts were unsuccessful. As the process of removal began the U.S. military had difficulty getting the Cherokee people to do as they were told. General Winfield Scott, along with a large number of soldiers forced around fifteen thousand Cherokee into forts and military camps. While in said camps they were not fed properly, they lived in poor sanitary conditions and without any kind of medication. As their relocation was to begin the situation went from bad to worse; there had been a large amount of rain before the march that had turned to snow. this meant that the Cherokee would now have to face exposure to the weather whilst being malnourished. General Winfield Scott allowed Ross to "set up thirteen detachments with roughly one thousand Cherokee in each of them. They migrated in the winter of 1838-39, this event
Thornton, Russell, Matthew C Snipp, and Nancy Breen. The Cherokees: A Population History Indians of the Southeast. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
One band of Native Americans, the Cherokee Indian tribe is a renowned tribe that is still widely recognized today. “The word ‘Cherokee’ is believed to have evolved from a Choctaw word meaning ‘cave people’” (everyculture). The location of the Cherokees ranged anywhere from Georgia to Virginia. They mostly resided in the Southeast. Many Cherokees still exist today.
The Cherokee Indians lived in the south of the Appalachian Mountains for hundreds maybe thousands of years before the
...ew western home.” More than 13,000 Cherokees were forcefully moved by the American military. They traveled over 800 miles by steamboat, train cars, and mostly by walking. During this trip known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees suffered from starvation, exposure, disease, and hardship. “No report was made of the number of Cherokee who died as the result of the removal. It was as if the Government did not wish to preserve any information.” However, it is estimated that at least 4,000 may have died and some believe that as many as 8,000 died.
The Cherokee Indians were the largest of the five tribes. They are unique group of people that had a great understanding between sex. The men were the chiefs; they were in charge of hunting, war and peacekeeping and they made all the political decisions for the tribe. The women were the landowners; that were in charge of farming, property and social decision for the clans. Both genders took part in storytelling, artwork, music, and traditional medicine. For clothing, the men wore breechcloths and leggings, and the women wore wraparound skirts and poncho-style blouses made out of woven fiber or deerskin.
The Cherokee would find themselves in a nightmare for the next year. In 1838 General Winfield Scott got tired of delaying this longer than the 2 years he waited already so he took charge in collecting the Cherokee. The Cherokee were taken from their homes and their belongings. The were placed in holding camps so none would escape. The Cherokee were to be moved in the fall of 1838.
The Removal Act of 1830 paved the way for the hesitant and generally—journey of ten of thousands of Native Americans to move more westward. The very first removal treaty was signed after the Removal Act of 1830. This treaty made Choctaws in Mississippi ceded land east of the river. The U.S. government would give money in exchange for land in the east of the river for land in the west. The Choctaw chief quoted to Arkansas Gazette that in 1831 Choctaw Removal was a Trail of Tears and downfalls. The treaty signed in 1835 was known as the Treaty of Echota, which resulted in the removal of the Cherokees on “The Trail of Tears.” The Seminoles decided not to leave also as the other tribes left peacefully. The Seminoles resisted leaving their homeland. In winter of 1838-39, fourteen thousand were marched one thousand two hundred miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. Roughly estimated four thousand died from lack of food, exposure and disease. The government soldiers would appear without notice at a Cherokee front door and order the people inside the home, men women and children, to immediately evacuate and take only what each could carry. They were forced marched to thoughtlessly assembled barriers like cattle and le...
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Unconcerned about the legitimacy of their actions, European colonisers took lands unjustifiably from indigenous people and put original inhabitants who had lived on the land for centuries in misery. The United States also shared similarities in dealing with native people like its distant friends in Europe. Besides the cession of vast lands, the federal government of the United States showed no pity, nor repentance for the poor Cherokee people. Theda Perdue, the author of “Cherokee Women and Trail of Tears,” unfolds the scroll of history of Cherokee nation’s resistance against the United States by analyzing the character of women in the society, criticizes that American government traumatized Cherokee nation and devastated the social order of
John G. Burnett, author of The Cherokee Removal Through the Eyes of a Private Soldier, explains in extreme detail about what he experienced while on duty during the forced removal of Indians from their home territory. He first begins by stating that this event was the “Most brutal order in the history of American warfare” (350). He carries on to say that Cherokees were arrested and forcibly removed from their homes. They were then loaded onto a total of 645 wagons and began the journey west. During this time, the chief of the Cherokee nation was John Ross. On this journey, they began to experience acute weather conditions such as sleet and “blinding” snow storms. At night, they often slept in the wagons or on the ground without viable sources of heat. Due to the extreme conditions, some died from complications of pneumonia, cold, and exposure. A prime example was Ross’ wife, Quatie. Mrs. Ross died while giving her source of warmth to a sickly child in need and going without. Burnett goes on to say that he witness some children suffering from the cold so he had given them his coat to stay warm. The journey to the west ended March 26, 1839 with an
The Choctaws had a strong tradition of doing business. They were very intelligent people. The tribe developed a strong economy based on farming and selling goods and livestock to the Europeans who were beginning to venture into the Choctaw territory. They worked mostly as agriculturists, and were preeminently the agriculturists of the Southern Indians. In addition, the Choctaws were known as peaceful people. They were ready to defend themselves when needed, but they seldom initiated warfare against neighboring tribes.