Muscogee

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…

According to: softschools.com, “Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, many members of the "five civilized tribes" did not wish to come together. Those members of the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw were forced by Andrew Jackson to relocate in Indian Territory west of the Mississippi. Those who refused to go either went to jail or died, and those who left faced disease, starvation, and exposure to the…

Based on the documents that I studied and the text of the U.S. Constitution, I disagree with the statement that the U.S. government was justified in forcing the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River to leave their homeland to move to the Oklahoma territory. I believe that the Natives were cheated out of their land Document One summarizes the uphill battle between the Natives and the settlers. According to Document One, "Land greed was a big reason for the federal government's position…

The study of the Native American cultures of the United States is one that is often considered a cultural issue rather than a political issue. From a certain point of view, this is indeed true; the European settlers took the natives’ land, often against their consent, and placed them in reserves, stripping them off of their political power and removing their status as the continent’s original settlers. Since then, they’ve only barely recovered their political standing, albeit at an extremely…

Anthony are appreciated names that define an era, there are also underrated historical figures such as Jacqueline Cochran that should be acknowledged. Cochran, born on May 11th, 1906, was the youngest of five children of Ira Pittman and Mary Grant in Muscogee, Florida. She began working at cotton mills to support her family for fourteen years. In Between that time, she had moved to Georgia, married Robert Cochran; yet after their son unfortunately passed…

Enrichment Services Program, Inc. (ESP) is submitting a letter of interest for the Rural Integration Models for Parents and Children to Thrive (IMPACT) Demonstration aimed to focus efforts, using a two – generation approach, on reducing childhood poverty in Clay County, Georgia. The Demonstration Project’s contact person will be Marquitta Williams, Development Coordinator. The project will be implemented by the agency’s Department of Early Childhood & Family Services, which provides Early Head…

Long before Wakulla County was established, the Paleo Indians called it home. This occurred around 12,000 years prior to Wakulla County existing. Shortly after in the 19th century Wakulla County came about on March 11th 1843. Wakulla County can be spotted on the Map in the United States of Florida. Wakulla is a part of Tallahassee, Florida which is approximately 736 square miles. The Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of education, and the University of South Florida state,…

where they began to start a new town and began to do the same as they did in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Once the Creeks were settled in Oklahoma the U.S. Army forced them to leave again. “The U.S. Army enforced the removal of more than 20,000 Muscogee (Creeks) to Indian territory in 1836 and 37” (Creek History). When the Americans removed the Indians from the land they wanted; at first the Indians had lost some power but as the years went on they began to grow because they were spread out…

An important aspect after any tragedy, is how the survivors and the public remember the event. At time after a tragedy, memorials are built to honor and remember victims of the devastation. The Trail of Tears Association (TOTA) is a nonprofit organization that, “…support the creation, development, and interpretation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail,” (Trail of Tears Association, 2016). The organization also works closely with the National Park Service in order promote protection of…

According to the Native Americans Language Website, Cherokee originally means “people with another language.” When the Europeans first came to America, they learned that the Muscogee Nation called this particular group of Indians, Cherokee, hence why they were introduced as the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee’s native name for themselves was Aniyunwiya. They came from an Iroquoian descent and settled in the southeastern part of the United States. Years later, they have accepted being named as the…