Choctaw

Native Americans. However, by the 1800's, American cities were growing and the settlers were itching to move westward onto Native American lands.” (pg.2, Indian Removal & The Trail Of Tears) For years the tribes of the Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek were bullied around with territory.…

The trail of tears was a series of forced relocations of Native 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…

On a wintry day in 1831, the Choctaw Indians began a treacherous course many other southeastern Native Americans would soon follow. In addition to being forced off their land, they trekked through snow with limited food and supplies for weeks as thousands died. This was the beginning of a long journey that would later be called the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears is one of America’s darkest moments, when greed became more important than human lives. This came as a result of president Andrew…

and passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. He frequently threatened and forced Native Americans off their lands. In 1831, the Choctaw were expelled from its land under the invasion of the U.S. Army. They were under harsh conditions on their journey towards new territory, such as being bound by chains, without any food, and had no supplies or help from the government. A Choctaw leader called it a ‘trail of tears and death.’ The removal process continued, and the government drove the Creeks from…

For example, Tunica County illustrated one of the highest percentage of families living below the poverty level of 50.5 percent, and the highest unemployment which was 17 percent, with the exception of Humphreys and Yazoo, all selected counties in the Mississippi Delta were marked by double-digit unemployment rates and high family poverty rates, from 27.9 percent in Washington County. Regardless, of how poverty is measured deprived people that deal with the challenges of being poor are more…

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…

on May 28, 1830 by Andrew Jackson. It gave the federal government the power to relocate Indians in the east to the west of the Mississippi River. The Indian Removal act involved the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes. The Indians were given time to relocate peacefully. The Choctaw and the Chickasaw were the only tribes to do so. The other three were pushed out of their homes a guided to their new homes west of the Mississippi River. It was in the dead of winter when the…

Cherokee and Choctaw tribes were the Creek Tribe enemies. The Creek Indians’ got their name because so many of their villages were located near to rivers and creeks The name of a famous Creek chief is Little Owl. The Creek Tribe probably lived near their enemies…

instance, in the first war for independence, they formed an alliance with the French as well as Spain, both of whom wanted revenge on Britain for previous losses and humiliation. During the second war, they formed an alliance with the warriors from Choctaw, traditional Creek armies as well as the Cherokee, who helped them crush the Indians that had allied with the British. The desire for freedom was the driving factor and motivation for the Americans fight for their independence. With the help…

Long before people began to move to America from Europe, Native Americans had been roaming the land for years. They have followed their ancestors across the United States traveling and finding land to call their own. “At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained…