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    wanted to stop the corruption and elitism in government. Once elected as president Jackson made sure to push his agenda of expansion westward and the migration of Native tribes farther west to make room for white settlers. Native tribes such as the Cherokee did not stand idle as they watched their rights and land being stripped from them, they worked within the rules of the American government and got cases to the supreme court in attempts to save themselves from Jacksons Indian Removal Act and…

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    3,1790 In Turkeytown,Alabama. His father was Daniel Ross, and his mother was half Scottish and half Cherokee. Daniel built a school and hired a teacher. In 1815 John Ross opened a trading post on the Tennessee river. In 1819 Ross was elected on the national Cherokee committee. In conclusion,this is how his early life was like. During the war of 1812 John Ross was an adjutant in the Cherokee regiment. He…

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    Through the analysis of the lifetime of a plantation, Diamond Hill, Tiya Miles reveals the gaps in contemporary historical memory and describes a past that placed both Cherokees and African-American slaves in an intertwined world of suffering. Miles employs analysis that touches on the most central issues of the southern past: enslavement, freedom, sovereignty, colonialism, and patriarchy. All of this helps Miles answer the complex question: “What does this house stand for?” The answer Miles…

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    Coweeta Creek site is a Cherokee Indian site very famous for Cherokee Indian pottery style on how they shaped the rims on their vessels (Wilson and Rodning 2002). The pottery excavated from the site had extremely different rim forms that were very small and narrow (Wilson and Rodning 2002). This site has provided archaeologists better outlooks on the older ways of the Cherokee Indian traditions that they did not think the Cherokee were using during this time period (Wilson and…

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    In 1721 thirty-seven Cherokee chiefs went to Charlestown, SC, to meet with Governor Nicolson to settle a boundary between the Cherokees and English colonists. The colonists were confused about having to deal with multiple individual Cherokee towns. The Cherokees selected Wrosetasatow to deal with the South Carolina Trades, while the colonial government selected George Chicken. 2. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? In 1892 Andrew Jackson announced a bill to Congress that stated…

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    Steve. Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab. Penguin Group USA, 2016” In Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep talks about the different states and different territories that were divided by the “white men “and American Indians own concepts of democracy. Inskeep interlaces together the stories of Andrew Jackson a general, president and author of the Indian removal and John Ross chief of the Cherokee. Throughout this book Inskeep shows how far…

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    Whitman Massacre Analysis

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    The findings of Kari O’Grady about traumatic events and how victims’ spirituality is affected reinforce the Cherokee response to the New Madrid earthquakes as well as the renewal of the Catholic faith after the Great Lisbon disaster of 1755. O’Grady’s collaborative article "Resilience Processes During Cosmology Episodes: Lessons Learned from the Haiti Earthquake…

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    the red fox should have shown him so now they have ruined their friendship. Cherokee…

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    when stories were passed down verbally rather than written. This story, in particular, was about her grandmother, who walked the Trail Of Tears in 1839. When my sister and I sat in front of her, she was discussing the beauty and liveliness of the Cherokee tribe and how they tried to work with the…

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    Summary: Hayes Vs. Hayes

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    The Republic of Texas. He real name is John Coffee Hayes and was nick named as Jack Coffee Hayes. In 1849 The U.S appointed Hayes as the US Indian agent for the Gila River country in Arizona and New Mexico. He served as a Principal Chief in the Cherokee Nation-West. Was a leader of the Texas…

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