Cherokee

The Trail of Tears was a tough fought journey for the Cherokee people which began decades prior to their removal. In the early days of the New Republic, after signing treaties with the federal government, the Cherokee had thought their nation was safe. However, other agreements were made with the state of Georgia, the state where there nation was to be found, which led to the conflicts. Ultimately, the Cherokee were forced to relocate to the West. Despite their opposition to inner and outer…

begin, I’m Mohe, part of the Cherokee tribe, and I have been forcefully removed from my home. First the white men’s old leader made an act that was to force all tribes leave their land and move west. Then Andrew Jackson went against a case made by his Supreme Court deeming Native Americans sovereign nations. Though it wasn’t until Martin Van Buren became president that we, the Cherokee, were removed. After the Treaty of New Echota had been signed by the renegade Cherokee and Chief John Ross’…

The Trail of Tears The Cherokee Trail of Tears occurred in 1838, in response to the Indian Removal Act of the 1830’s. The forced Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, under the supremacy of Andrew Jackson. Jackson had long despised the Native population and went to great lengths to exclude them from their sovereignty. Shortly after, the U.S. government passed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 to justify the policies of the removal. The treaty was the result of a mutual agreement…

Many Cherokee people felt that it was necessary for them to stay and fight for what was rightfully theirs. Others believed it was save many lives if they just did as they were told, and give up their land. “In 1835, a few self-appointed representatives of the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, which traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million, relocation assistance and compensation…

The year was 1838; approximately 16,000 Cherokees were forced off of their tribal lands by the United States Government, on a march later known to the Indians as the Trail of 4,000 Tears known to us as the Trail of Tears. They were forced to leave their homes and everything they held dear to their hearts. This treatment was unfair to the Natives after everything they helped us with. The removal of Native Americans from their lands by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 violated their political, legal…

States Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee were not to be relocated. President Andrew Jackson, however tried to override the ruling and demanded the Cherokee be removed. He was allowed to do so based upon the Treaty of New Echota. This treaty was signed by about 100 Cherokee leaders and surrendered all land east of the Mississippi River to the United States in exchange for money and land in the west. At this time the Cherokee had passed their own law within the Cherokee National Council…

The link between violence and colonialism is seen in newspaper accounts across the globe: “Gandhi Is Killed by A Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay Three Shots Fired ”, “54 Dead, 191 Hurt in Riots” in South Africa. Throughout the course of history, colonialism has often been depicted as violence on the innocents by an aggressor, all in all a very one sided series of violent oppressive acts by the colonial power upon a weaker subjugate indigenous group. However, with…

Many Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee took in these customs; who were later known as the Five civilized tribes. Even when they were civilized, most white settlers did not care if their neighbors have changed or not, they would steal livestock as well as burn down houses. State governments…

land for farming. Jackson had decided to remove all Native Americans from their land. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, ordering all Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. The Five Civilized Tribes consists of The Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and Chickasaw. Jackson had pressured each…

The Trail of Tears Introduction The Trail of Tears was a 1000-2000 mile journey that five tribes had to walk in order to get to their designated land that Andrew Jackson called “Indian Territory.” The Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, were forced out of their homelands, not given any other option but to leave, or be killed trying to stay in their home where you made memories with families and friends. The trail was where thousands of people died from horrible sicknesses,…