Tennessee v. Garner

The Cherokee Tribe of today is made of 3 different groups that all descend from the same common tribe which was formed in the late 1800s. The Cherokee community has more than 300,000 tribal members, making it the largest of the 567 federally recognized tribes in the United States. Upwards of 800,000 people claim having Cherokee ancestry on US land. With Oklahoma being the largest census of acclaimed Cherokee tribe members, members reside within 14 counties of that state. The Tribes economic…

I plan to research the program of Indian wars and removal in the Southwest led by Union officer James H. Carleton for relocation to the reservation of Bosque Redondo. Bosque Redondo was overseen by Carleton until 1868, and was intended to be a coda to this program. Bosque Redondo was filled by Native Americans forced to relocate under threat from Union troops. My intent is to explore Carleton’s leadership in regards to carrying out this program against the Navajo and Mescalero Apache. Questions…

The Effects of Andrew Jackson President Andrew Jackson was by all means a president of the people, he was a champion of States rights, the spread of slavery to new western territories and the divine right of Americans to expand westward. As President of the United States Andrew Jackson faced many challenges throughout his two terms in office however his decisions regarding the forced migration of Native Americans from their land that by American law was rightfully the Natives created for…

stubborn character. His whole life all he would want would be loyalty and assurance from those around him. Jackson soon would be a lawyer but not stick to the job. He was named congressman of Tennessee and after a United States senator. After, becoming senator, he he would become the major general of the Tennessee militia. His reputation was not a great one, as he would soon…

The event that most affectedly brought the end to the Indian Wars against the United States Army, is when the Congress passed the Dawes Act. Due to many arguments facing the government, like, the concept that many reformers inferred about the dream of conforming the Indians into a piece of the white culture. The Dawes Act, divided reservations into around 160 acres per family to live in, where the remainder of land would be given to the surrounding white settlements. Although, the Dawes Act…

Weegee was not known by that name until later on in his life through series of jobs. His birth name was Usher Fellig, and he was the second of seven children. He was born on 1899 in the former Austrian province of Galicia, which is now a part of Ukraine. His family was poor, so that made his work ethic better since he understood you need money to live. His work ethic was proven to be strong throughout his life until his death in 1968. Fellig’s name was Americanized to Arthur when he moved to…

Was Andrew Jackson a “People's President”? In those days until now you wouldn’t expect a person that was in deep poverty to become a powerful,wealthy, president or would you?. Well those perspectives were then outlawed by one person may not be the only one but perhaps one of the most interesting . Jackson was orphaned at just the age of 13 years old left alone to become of his own he then strived for the greater good and became a wealthy successful man. Yet some people didn’t favor him…

Henry Massie Rector was the state’s sixth governor. He was part of Arkansas’s political dynasty during the antebellum period, but he was not always comfortable in that role and played a part in its downfall. Henry Rector was born on May 1, 1816, at Fontaine’s Ferry near Louisville, Kentucky, to Elias Rector and Fannie Bardell Thurston. He was the only one of their children to survive to maturity. Elias Rector, one of the numerous Rectors who worked as deputy surveyors under William Rector, the…

The Trail of Tears In the beginning years of 1830s, close to 130,000 Native Americans occupied a couple million acres of land across the southern states. Their ancestors had cultivated this land for generations. By the end of the 1830s, Native Americans were forced by the government, to uproot their lives and transfer to a specific area set aside as “Indian territory”, now known as Oklahoma. White settlers has stumbled upon the Indians’ land and wanted to grow cotton on their…

Destructive Behaviors of the Cherokee People Kristin Quick Drury University Abstact Cherokee Indians represent a troubled minority due to the tide of white settlers seeking instant wealth. The Cherokee people were considered a threat to the advancement of economic and social betterment of American citizens therefore they were forced from their homelands with just the clothes on their backs to live on new unprepared land. During this process the Cherokee people suffered every…