Christians and Indians

Christians and Indians in 1818

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During the nineteenth century, the policy of the United States government was to encourage, and sometimes require, the conversion of American Indians to Christianity. Christianity […]

The Cherokee in 1817

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When the Europeans began their invasion of the Americas, the Cherokee were an agricultural people whose villages could be found throughout the American Southeast. By […]

American Indians in 1717

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The fur trade was an important part of the economic history of North America and incorporated American Indian economies into a larger world economy. Furs […]

Federal Indian Policy in 1817

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In 1817, James Monroe became the new President of the United States. In his book The Removal of the Choctaw Indians, Arthur DeRosier writes: “America […]