Cherokee

Indian name was "Mihshahkatoohkwa" He was born around 1747 and passed away around 1812. (18th Century) My degree of Indian blood is made up of two seperate tribes: Shawnee and Miami. Because the Shawnee Indians were assimilated into the Cherokee Nation, I am also a Cherokee. From my research, I have found that my Paternal Great Great Grandfather was a white, English non-Indian named Madison Fletcher Gamble who married my Great Great Grandmother, Julia Ann Wheeler, a Shawnee Indian women who had…

story, “Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage” video, and the “Cherokee Night Ritual Into Manhood” story are all rites of passages. “The Medicine Bag” is about a boy named Martin receiving his family's tradition from his grandfather and how he feels about it. “Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage” video is about Dachina becoming a woman in her tribe and what she has to go through to become one. “Cherokee Night Ritual Into Manhood” story is about how the Cherokee boys turn into men by staying in the woods all…

The Trail of Tears is one of the most memorable moments in history. In 1838 and 1839, Andrew Jackson made the Indian removal policy. The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi river and to migrate to an arena in present-day Oklahoma. The Indians suffered starvation, harsh weather conditions, and many kinds of sicknesses. Nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. President George Washington wanted to…

Europe led to the French and Indian War. The Natives chose sides when this war broke out, most natives sided with France, seeing as they treated the natives with more respect than Britain, a few tribes such as the Cherokee sided with England. However, some tribes, mainly the Cherokee…

Any of the Aboriginals with any white ancestry and are under age of 35, are kicked off the land. All Cherokee people were kicked off their land. Both experienced ethnic cleansing. Banned supporting member John Green from entering the land. When kicked off their land they were not allowed to take anything from their home. Both governing bodies refused higher Governments orders to let them be able to live on the land Governments promised to meet Coranderrk member drying son to put him in a…

and fall of the Cherokee Nation” a book where more than 18,000 Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma in a march known as The Trail of Tears, John Ehle explains with details all the events that led to this happening. In the book we learn a lot from the Cherokee nation which was one of the most important tribes at that time. There are also many characters discussed in this book, like the life of major Ridge who was one of the most well known and important leaders of the Cherokee tribe and played…

In the novel Pigs In Heaven, the author uses the social injustice of poverty to focus on the opposing views of those in the American culture versus the Cherokee culture using the topic of poverty; moreover, she further presents the different effects that people in poverty experience as a result to the cultures they live in. The characters of Taylor and Turtle act as a means in which Kingsolver is able to reveal the negative attitudes the American society have on those in poverty. Through the two…

“In the beginning of the 1830’s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia. This land was passed down generations to generations.” (History) The idea of the Indians owning so much land, angered white settlers very much. President Andrew Jackson, had to do something about this issue. To the white settlers, Indians were uncivilized, unfamiliar, and alien people. They hated the fact of the Indians occupying so…

land for their growing population. Some white people would steal livestock and burn towns. Georgia saw Cherokee nation with its government and people as a direct threat to getting more land. Unfortunately, Georgia did not have the legal right to move the Cherokee themselves. The Georgia legislature passed a series of laws taking away rights of Cherokee people within their state. For example; Cherokee could not testify in court, meet in council, and considered illegal for their…

Colonial America was once a bountiful community, home to numerous native tribes. As time progressed, America expanded into a home for many other people of different origins. However, the nation changed to particularly cater to white settlers of European descent. Later, Americans fought for their independence from their mother country, Great Britain. After successfully defeating the British, Americans became obsessed with the idea of Manifest Destiny, the idea that God destined white American…