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
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A long time before this land was called the United States‚ the Cherokee people used to live in this land in the valleys of rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. These people made their homes‚ farmed their land‚ and buried their dead. Also these people‚ who are now called Indians claimed larger lands. They would use these for hunting deer and gathering material‚ to live off of. Later these lands were called Virginia and Kentucky. As it is mentioned in the text‚ these people had their own
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the struggles of the early Cherokee people that were torn between the ways of their ancestors and the new régimes that some of their people want to follow. The Cherokee people were confused with how to adapt to their surroundings and to claim their own rights that the current government was denying to them. In the Trail of Tears‚ Ehle uses many different people and the historic accounts of their actions to tell the story of tragic and unfair deals made with the Cherokee people by the United States
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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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During the Cherokee removal period‚ many Cherokees stood up to express their opinions on this conflict. Most of the Cherokee members were against this act and furiously fought back against Congress’s decision. However‚ there were some who have other ideas about the Cherokee Nation’s future – they believed it was better for them to move. Regardless of different opinions‚ the Cherokees never stopped to advocate for themselves. Throughout the removal period‚ political leaders of the United States sometimes
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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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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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The Cherokee tribe inhabited what is present day Virginia‚ West Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia and Alabama. Being located in what would become the Southeastern part of the United States meant their inevitability in getting involved in the revolutionary war. The Cherokee tribe’s involvement in the American Revolution was both important to the course of the war and resulted in devastation to the tribe. The Cherokee way of life‚ like all Native American tribes‚ was very different from
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The Removal of the Cherokee The tragedy of the Cherokee nation has haunted the legacy of Andrew Jackson"’"s Presidency. The events that transpired after the implementation of his Indian policy are indeed heinous and continually pose questions of morality for all generations. Ancient Native American tribes were forced from their ancestral homes in an effort to increase the aggressive expansion of white settlers during the early years of the United States. The most notable removal came
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History of the Cherokee Indians: Growth to Reduction of the tribes Mary Ruef Axia College University of Phoenix I would like to provide you with some information regarding the Cherokee Indians. I am one quarter Cherokee Indian. My grandmother is full blooded Cherokee and may mother is one half Cherokee. Cherokee comes from a creek word “Cherokee” meaning “people of a different speech” (Cherokee history 1996). There are 561 officially recognized Indian tribes in the United
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