Choctaw

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,…

by the federal government and walk thousands of miles to designated territories across the Mississippi river. This was caused by white America’s urge to expand and grow cotton in the southern states. Since majority of the states was owned by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek tribes Almost 125,000 Indians preoccupied the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida during the 1830s since the time of their ancestors. This issue boiled over when white settlers were…

in the Carolinas and West Indies (“Chickasaw”). Right away the Chickasaws agreed to supply the British to gain an advantage over the Choctaw Indians, who were a huge Chickasaw enemy (“Chickasaw”). In exchange for the goods, the British supplied Chickasaw’s with weapons: Chickasaws paid for these weapons with women and children from other tribes, such as the Choctaw tribe (“Chickasaw”). The British in the Carolinas sold the Indian captives to sugar plantations in the Caribbean islands…

stories was no surprise, but an homage so to speak for the beliefs and practices of the Cherokee Indians. Finally, in Shell Shaker there were a number of supernatural beings mentioned throughout the book. The title is Shell Shaker in which is a Choctaw ceremony in which there are turtle shells that are around a dancer’s feet to pray to the spirits to carry out a request. According to Cherokee Nation: Women hold an important role in the Stomp Dances of the Southeastern Indian cultures: That of…

The effects of the Trail of Tears When we think of the first people in America, whom do we think of? Of course, Christopher Columbus comes to mind. Yet, the first people on land were the native people. Native people were the first people to set foot on this soil, long before any white person. Regrettably, the federal government brutally attacked and removed from the Indians from homelands that they dearly loved. Native people was forced to walk thousands of miles to a specific place “Indian…

lifestyle. Andrew Jackson, the president of the time, signed the law that required Native Americans to move away from their homelands in the east to the Indian Territory located in the west side of the Mississipi river the 28th of May, 1830. The Choctaw tribe were the first ones to sign a treat…

kill the Choctaw moons/with strokes of ink and a feathered quill/despite the debt he owed,” (32) and, “Pushmataha came with the Choctaw warriors and stood beside Sharp Knife in the time of war against the Red Coats.” (32). During the War of 1812, the Choctaws, or moons as Wallace wrote, were led by their leader, Pushmataha, to help General Andrew Jackson against the British Red Coats. But when it all came down to it, Jackson, now President of the United States, didn’t honor what the Choctaws did…

Westward expansion of Native American Tribes Our country itself was created and formed on the premise, “.. all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…” 1 This was not the case with the feelings and problems between white “civilized” people and the Native Americans. Many problems arose between white Americans and the Native Americans as Andrew Jackson and his followers…

deaths of thousands of Native Americans. When it comes to Native American history, Jackson ranks right up there with the worst genocidal tyrants. Because white Southerners in the early 19th century craved the land inhabited by native tribes like the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee, they needed the government to expel the original inhabitants so they could seize the property for themselves. Although the law only permitted voluntary and peaceful removals of natives from their…

In our country we have had presidents who have done some incredible things for our society and will forever be remember for such. There have also been presidents who have done things that many Americans wouldn’t agree with. That being said, we as Americans have learned to live with such things and become a better society due to the ups and downs of our presidents. That being said one of the most memorable presidents was the seventh of the United States, Andrew Jackson. He came in to office in…