Cherokee tribe

The Seminole Indians were also part of the tribes which were ushered out of their homeland in the west. After the ratification of the Indian Removal Act the Seminole tribe encountered the harsh force of the United States. The Seminole fought back in an effort to protect their tribe and their land. Many homes of Seminole people were demolished and their occupants were arrested. The Treaty of Payne’s Landing was signed on May 9, 1832, it surrendered any existing land in Florida owned by the…

This is one of the many horrible things the Cherokee Indians did to Americans. The Indian Removal Act moved lots of Indian tribes to a reserve, this got them out of the way so America could expand westward. All the Indian tribes signed the treaty and all of them moved but one, the Cherokee. The Indian removal act was justified because the act was completely reasonable, The Cherokee did bad things to Americans in the past and they were the last tribe in the way of progress. The Indian…

Memorial of the Cherokee Nation is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians in the 1830s. Beginning after the War of 1812 when the white men were moving south in to states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, five civilized Indian nations occupied these states and the Cherokees in particular were located in Georgia. This land was prime for growing cotton and the white farmers wanted the Indians off of the land so they could prosper from cotton growing. There were federal treaties in…

During 1838 and 1839 the Trail of Tears was one of the most devastating events in American history. The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes to the west of the Mississippi river. The Indian Removal Act and the Treaty of New Echota are the major causes of the Trail of Tears, which resulted a major decrease in the Indian population due to the massive amount of deaths. The Indian Removal Act was passed by President Andrew…

Wilma Mankiller became principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in December 1985, after Ross Swimmer was asked to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She was chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. Mankiller faced many obstacles as the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. The main challenge she faced was opponents who argued that a woman should not be the chief of the Cherokee Nation. She was also criticized for focusing on social issues and for not creating establishments…

The legal source of Native Americans rights in regards to hunting and fishing can be traced back to the 1800’s. In the 1800’s Native American signed serval treaties with the federal government relinquishing them of their lands. During the abdication of their lands the Native Americans were granted their continual rights to hunting and fishing. Normally, these rights would guaranteed them hunting and fishing rights on the reservation. Due to their not being a clear and concise regulation…

Over 17,000 Cherokee had been evicted and 4,000, possibly more, died along the way. This was not only from harsh weather condition, starvation, and disease, but also military treatment along the journey. The conflict between Native Americans and white settlers have been traced all the way back to the first colonization of the European Americans. Multiple factors had come into play after colonizing…

Civilized Tribes, which included the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles occupied the land, especially in the South, which threatened the expansion of the land-hungry Americans. President Andrew Jackson promised to resolve this issue with the Indian Removal Act, by the volunteer exchange of Indian lands and their removal east of the Mississippi for land west of the Mississippi (Boyer et al, 255). The result of his policy was anything but humane and devastating…

was a tragic time period in the United States especially for the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Tribes. The Trail of Tears was a migration route for the five tribes from their homeland in the Southeastern parts of the United States to what is now present day Oklahoma. “Trail of Tears” refers to several different land and water routes taken by the tribes. This situation was more like a forced removal, these tribes traveled nearly thousands of miles through snow storms and…

gave the Indian tribes a message of peace as if he didn’t want to do anything against them, showing the peace between him and the Indian Tribes. Also in his Second Annual Message to Congress he stated "Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them from their wandering habits and make them a happy, prosperous people." By doing so, he conveyed that he had no intentions of harming the tribes and wanted…