The Cherokee nation is one of the many North American native cultures directly affected by the European white settlers. Even in ancient times‚ they were a very civilized and progressive people. Their culture was mainly agrarian‚ but focused around ceremonies‚ music‚ art‚ and games. Prior to the arrival of the Europeans‚ “the Cherokee history was passed down orally from generation to generation” (The Cherokee Nation). They adapted to the white settlers by embracing their “formal education‚ developing
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the Land is Important to the Cherokee Nation Abstract Most of us have learnt about the Trail of Tears as an event in American history‚ but not many of us have ever explored why the removal of the Indians to the West was more than an issue of mere land ownership. Here‚ the meaning and importance of land to the original Cherokee Nation of the Southeastern United States is investigated. American land was seen as a way for white settlers to profit‚ but the Cherokee held the land within their hearts
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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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Henry Stuart‚ author of “Report from Cherokee Country (1776)”‚ was the chief deputy superintendent of the Cherokee following the French and Indian War. After some side-research‚ I could not find any reports on exactly the function of a chief deputy superintendent is in Native American culture‚ however; I did find that a person who is in a deputy position‚ acts as a chief executive within a tribe. Throughout the passage‚ Henry Stuart tells the story of a council meeting between the Native American
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Georgia when gold was discovered‚ the Cherokee were forcibly removed from their land. The Cherokee sued in the Supreme Court for the right to remain on their land‚ and the ruling was in their favor. But unfortunately‚ President Andrew Jackson ignored this ruling. He sent federal troops to remove the Cherokee. With the harsh winter conditions in 1838 the troops succeeded in removing the Cherokee form Georgia‚ and forced them to march to Oklahoma. The Cherokee and Seminole were Indian nations and
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INED 411 Book Review Trail of Tears The authors’ name of the book called Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation is John Ehle. Trail of Tears was published in the United States by Anchor Books‚ a division of random house‚ New York and in Canada. This book was published in September 22‚ 1989. This book has 424 pages. John Ehle is more than qualified to write on this subject. He has wrote over seventeen books‚ his first book was published in 1957 so he has over 30 years
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Perhaps the Cherokee nature of adapting western culture for their own benefit can be traced back to Cherokee Mothers and their decisions to enroll their children into Missionary schools set up by Americans. These mothers sought to best equip their children‚ and their community for the increasingly western world‚ and by educating the next generation in English‚ they sought to raise powerful individuals capable of straddling both worlds while strengthening the Cherokees traditions and way of life (Smith
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The Cherokee Removal Essay In the early nineteenth century‚ an infant America was increasing in population and expanding in the South until settlers were faced with the dilemma of the Native Americans. Anglo-Americans had two very distinct stances on how to deal with southern Indian tribes‚ particularly the Cherokee. One side was eager for land and developed the idea that Indians were both racially and culturally inferior and a hindrance to American progress‚ while on the other hand‚ some Americans
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History 131-I3 April 1‚ 2013 The Cherokee Removal Long before the United States existed‚ the Cherokee people lived in the valleys of the rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. Within their villages the Cherokees built their towns‚ cleared their fields‚ planted their crops‚ and buried their dead. They also claimed a larger domain of land that extended into what is now known as Kentucky and Virginia. (Perdue and Green‚ pg.1) On these lands the Cherokee men would hunt deer‚ other game‚ and
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History of The Cherokee Indians Cherokee comes from the creek word "Ciló-kki" with the meaning of “people of a different speech”. The Bureau of Indian Tribes has the largest database of records and histories of Native American tribes within the country. The Cherokee Indian speaks the language of Iroquian. Many believe that the Cherokee Indians were one of the largest tribes to settle in the Southeast American portion of the country. The tribe came from Iroquoian descent. The Cherokee Indians had
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