also provided that the United States should at its own expense extinguish for the use of Georgia the Indian title to all lands within the state as soon as it could be done peaceably and upon reasonable terms. The purchase of Louisiana the following year placed the United States in possession of a large amount of territory It seemed reasonable, at least to the white man, that these Georgia Indians, mainly the Cherokees and Creeks, might be induced to move. One reason given by President Jefferson for
someone being suddenly forced to move out of their own land and put into an unknown area. The Cherokee was a tribe that lived in Georgia where there was rich farmland and gold. They were one of the “Five Civilized Tribes” that lived in the southern states. White settlers desired the Cherokee’s land and wanted the Cherokee to move west in order to expand the U.S. since the Cherokees were in their way. The Cherokee could either resist or accept their demand, but they decided to exchange their lands for
According to the 2010 census, The Cherokee Indians are the second most common Native American tribes in the Nation. This can best express what has happened over centuries because their culture and social development has evolved and has kept them in the United States for hundreds of years. They are one of the most populated for a reason and that is that their society has always evolved, learning from their past mistakes. The Cherokee tribe descends from the Iroquoian family, who occupied the majority
The Cherokee Indians The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is always associated with the Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee's were by far the largest and most advanced of the tribes when Europeans first arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many tribes to go over background on every one of them, so I'm going to focus on the Cherokee's since many of their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East. When Europeans first
The Cherokee Indians were one of the many civilized tribes in the United States. The Cherokee settled in the southeastern part of the U.S, which includes the northern parts of Georgia and Alabama, the western parts of North and South Carolina, and southwest Virginia from 1000 A.D. to 1500 A.D. and their development took place in two stages. First was the Pisgah stage which took place from 1300 A.D. to 1540 A.D. Second was the Qualla which took place 1540 A.D. to 1750 A.D. As well as in the past the
Imagine waking up and you and your family being forced to leave everything behind and be forced to go on a journey across the Mississippi River in harsh weather. Well, the Cherokee Indians had to do all of this. While on the journey many Indians died because President Jackson didn’t give the Indians what he promised he would give them. The Cherokees had to live a very hard life in 1830. The Cherokees were trying to start to create their own Government and make laws. The Cherokees were forced to walk
The Apache Indians of North America prospered for years throughout Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. They were a religious society who believed in a “giver of life';. As any complex society today, The Apache had many inter-tribal differences, although the tribe as a whole was able to see through these conflicts. Women and the extended family played an important role in the society and also in the lives of young children. Groups of different extended families, called bands, often lived together
Research Paper April 10, 2015 Cherokee Indians The Cherokee Indians lived in the southeastern Untied States where current Georgia and South Carolina now reside. They were forced to move to current day Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears conflict. The climate changes was a very important factor for the Cherokee since the changes in temperature affected their ability to hunt and gather for food. Due to the cold weather dear would not come out to eat which hurt the Cherokee people since they used deer
In 1838-39 U.S. troops, ordered by the state of Georgia, expelled the Cherokees from their homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The demand for fruitful land during the rapid growth in the southeast led to the removal of the Cherokees along with the discovery of gold on Cherokee land. There was a racial prejudice towards the Native Americans from the white southerners. Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837)
The United States and the Cherokee Indians The debate over the legality of sovereignty and acquired lands from the native Americans, specifically the Cherokee, has long been debated. The issues involved have included treaties, land sold, and the right of the Government to physically enforce their rules on Indian land "sovereignty". This paper will examine the strategy used by the Federal Governments, the State Governments as well as those of the Cherokee Indians. The three-way relationship as well
The Cherokee Indians are a tribe from the southeastern area of what is now the United States. The Cherokees were identified as one of the most socially and culturally advanced Native American tribes. Sometime in the sixteenth century the European explorers came in contact with the Cherokee Indians, and the Indians learned things from the Europeans to better their cultural elements. Their society and culture developed more. The Native Americans managed to shape a government and society matching most
President Jackson and the Removal of the Cherokee Indians "The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830's was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790's than a change in that policy." The dictum above is firm and can be easily proved by examining the administration of Jackson and comparison to the traditional course which was carried out for about 40 years. After 1825
The Cherokee Indians were a tribe that accepted non-Indian and Indian people with warmth. The dedication they had with one another was astonishing; they saw each other as brothers and sisters. This mentality brought in a strong bond within the tribe. The men would help clear fields, help plant and even help their wife’s harvest when it was time. Also the women were in charge of raising the children. Everyone had their own tasks which allowed for harmony and peace to reign among them. There was a
and warfare. This Indian tribe was called the Cherokee whom marched the Trail of Tears. With so much destruction, hurt and abandonment Cherokee Indians suffered a long lasting journey till this very day. I would like to focus on first, why were Cherokee Indians removed? Second, the journey of the trail of tears. Lastly, where are Cherokee Indians now in America? First, why were Cherokee Indians removed? In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed an agreement to buy all Indian land in Georgia because
EUROPEAN CONTACT ON CHEROKEE INDIAN CULTURE By MICHAEL WOMICK *** AP English Language and Composition Mrs. Myslinski 20 October 2014 THE EFFECT OF EUROPEAN CONTACT ON CHEROKEE INDIAN CULTURE THESIS: The United States of America both had a very great impact on and were impacted by the Cherokee tribe. Introduction The Cherokee Indians were greatly affected by European contact. What events led to this change and how have those events impacted the Cherokee people? The Cherokee are an Iroquoian
treatment of the Cherokee Nation. To the Cherokee Nation, the journey west, called by them “The Trail Where We Cried,” was a bitter pill forced upon them by a state and federal government that cared little for their culture or society, and even less about justice. To the white settlers, it meant expanding horizons, hope, dreams of riches, and a new life. It was indeed a horrible and tragic event of both our Georgia history and our American heritage that forced the Cherokee west along this route
A Visit to the Bristol Caverns in Tennessee The Bristol Caverns are over 200,000,000 years old and were used as a secret way of travel for the Cherokee Indians (http://www.tenntrips.com). Being located in Bristol, Tennessee, the caverns are a part of the Appalachian Mountain Region. The Bristol Caverns are underground and considered a historical monument. During your visit to the caverns you can learn about history, while getting your exercise, at an affordable price. The Bristol Caverns
Union. He could be all things to all men—and yet, when faced with his greatest challenge, he was faithful to himself and to Texas. When still a dreamy and unmanageable boy, he had run away from his Tennessee frontier home, and was adopted by the Cherokee Indians, who christened him Co-lon-neh, the Raven. An infantry officer under Andrew Jackson in 1813, his right arm had been shredded by enemy bullets when he alone had dashed into enemy lines at the battle of the Horseshoe, his men cowering in the hills
Before there was a United States of America, there were tribes of Native Americans living off the land. In the southeastern part of the country, the largest group of Native Americans were the Cherokee people (Boulware, 2009). Cherokees are networked through vast kinship lines that separates them from other tribes in the region (Boulware, 2009). They once occupied a territory that ran throughout the Appalachian Mountains (Boulware, 2009). Cherokees spoke a common language known as Iroquoian, different
One: Voices from the Trail of Tears A federal removal policy altered the lives of many Cherokee indians and Cherokee families in the United States. The idea surrounding the federal removal policy was that by pushing the indians off of the land they were currently residing on would allow the white men, families, and farmers access to desirable land. As part of president Jackson’s removal policy indians were forced to leave their land behind and migrate westward on foot and horseback to reside