Cherokee tribe

Destructive Behaviors of the Cherokee People Kristin Quick Drury University Abstact Cherokee Indians represent a troubled minority due to the tide of white settlers seeking instant wealth. The Cherokee people were considered a threat to the advancement of economic and social betterment of American citizens therefore they were forced from their homelands with just the clothes on their backs to live on new unprepared land. During this process the Cherokee people suffered every…

American Nations.The nations that were relocated were Cherokee, Muscogee,seminole,Chicksaw, and Choctaw. The reason that they were relocated was because president Thomas Jefferson believed Indians should’ve been civilized. Jefferson also wanted to convert them to Christianity. In 1791 a series of treaties between the United States and the Cherokees, the treaties gave recognition to the Cherokees as a nation with their own laws and customs. The tribes were living as autonomous nations that would…

During Indian removals, many Native tribes were attempting to find loopholes in treaties to be able to stay on their native lands. One of the loopholes included gaining permission to stay from the English government. Most of the people who were successful at gaining the exemption were well respected by the English or they claimed they would become civilized Americans. The second option included hiding out and hoping not to be found by the soldiers. Lastly, the Natives could have become members…

manner in which Indian Nations were addressed by the Supreme Court. There is a notable distinction between Johnson vs. McIntosh and the Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia in how the Native American people…

which the white settlers believed they deserved. America was introduced to an “Indian problem” in which needed to be solved before a crisis occurred. President George Washington believed the answer to America’s “Indian Problem” was to civilize the tribes. This theory indicated a goal in which Native Americans would become as close to white Americans as possible by learning how to read and speak English, converting to Christianity, as well as adopt European economic practices. However, most white…

civilized Tribes they had taken on a degree of integration into a more modern westernize culture such as developing written language and learning to read and write source: library of congress and history.gov…

Native Americans also known as the indians. Either it be a war between the two different races or just fighting over irrelevant things. One of the unforgettable events with Americans and the Native Americans was the Trail of Tears which involves the Cherokee nation. When the Americans moved the indians off of the eastern lands and moved them west, it killed off of thousands of Native Americans making it a very memorable and important impact on American history. Strictly defined, the Trail of…

Americans subjected the Cherokee to harsh treatment and force migration during the Jacksonian era known as the Trail of Tears. The controversy and debate surrounding Cherokee removal reached national level and is often cited for President Andrew Jackson’s hate for Native Americans. The Cherokee Removal: A Brief History with Documents edited by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green provides a collection of documents dealing the controversial issue of forced migration of the Native Americans…

they could not move on the land because it was not really theirs as long as the five tribes were on the land. It was not until the battle at Horseshoe Bend that coveted land the Creek and other four tribes own that America would get the land it so desired. Three things assisted in the expansion of the United States after the battle at Horseshoe Bend. The first significant event was the massacre of the Creek tribe thus…

You cannot explain it; you cannot reason it away.... Our friends will view this measure with sorrow, and our enemies alone with joy.” Although the Cherokee tried to maintain their territory and a good relationship with the US Government by assimilating to american-european culture, in the early 19th century the state of Georgia forced itself on the Cherokee Nation territory…