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government of the United States. It called for the removal of the tribe to Indian Territory which forms Oklahoma. The tribe soon enough became part of the movement of the “Five Civilized Tribes” which included Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee. This removal took about twenty years to accomplish. The Chickasaw were the wealthiest of the “Five Civilized Tribes.” They had more access to wagons and accomplished their move quicker than the other tribes. Throughout this all, many…

Over 17,000 Cherokee had been evicted and 4,000, possibly more, died along the way. This was not only from harsh weather condition, starvation, and disease, but also military treatment along the journey. The conflict between Native Americans and white settlers have been traced all the way back to the first colonization of the European Americans. Multiple factors had come into play after colonizing…

In eastern North America hundreds of Native American tribes crossed the Bering Strait using a land bridge between 15,000 and 60,000 years ago and were scattered from the Gulf of Mexico to present day Canada. . In the Northeast region of North America there were many deviations of natural resources, landscapes and climates. Because of this there was a wide variety of Indian cultures in the region. It was said that, most were Native Americans were descendants of fishers and hunters. Many were…

Life in the 19th century was hard for the Indians to adjust to. The Westerners decided to claim as much as they could. So how could the Indians adjust to such living conditions that had just been pushed onto their land? In recent years the Americans only remembered the Indians when we celebrate “Thanksgiving” and of course the myths and legends of Pocahontas. Sure that was part of the Indian culture only affecting the influence it had on America. There are many things can contribute to this.…

Raquel Welch in The Legend of Walks Far Woman. The “Indian Princess” myth has been greatly exaggerated in children’s films such as Disney’s version of Pocahontas (1995). Yet, it is these portrayals that are still praised by many non-natives seeking a “Cherokee princess” in their ancestries, in the hopes that it will make them truly understand and relate to Native Americans, referring back to what Deloria said. The Indian Princess is often portrayed as a Native beauty who is so infatuated with…

Andrew Jackson may have been one of the most controversial presidents, because of the great and terrible things he did during his presidency. Some people believe that he was a villain. They think that he was a barbarian that wasn’t fit for the presidency. On the other hand, there are those who believe Jackson did great things for our country. They believe that he improved our country as a whole. The truth is that Andrew Jackson was guilty of degrading the office of the presidency, for he…

You cannot explain it; you cannot reason it away.... Our friends will view this measure with sorrow, and our enemies alone with joy.” Although the Cherokee tried to maintain their territory and a good relationship with the US Government by assimilating to american-european culture, in the early 19th century the state of Georgia forced itself on the Cherokee Nation territory…

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. This gave the federal government the right to force the Cherokee nation into giving up all of its land east of the Mississippi River. The plan was for the Native Americans to migrate west to an area that today is known as Oklahoma. The Indians negotiated with the government for reimbursement of their ancestor’s hard work and investments.The government would give them $5 million for all of their land east of the Mississippi River,…

manner in which Indian Nations were addressed by the Supreme Court. There is a notable distinction between Johnson vs. McIntosh and the Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia in how the Native American people…

The journey depicted the brutal action that the government underwent to remove the Cherokee out of their land. Around 4,000 Cherokee Natives died and showed the brutal actions that the United States took to strip the Natives of the ancestral land (Stockdale 2). The natives were seen as being uncivilized beings who were known as just being “hunters” or “savages”…