Cherokee

If you’re wondering, “Who are those famous people who have a Native American heritage?“, then it’s time to find out. You may be a Native … Continued

The Cherokees, whose traditional name is Aniyvwiya (Real People), were a farming people whose aboriginal homeland spread across 40,000 square miles in the American Southeast. … Continued

Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears and the Middle Passage are journeys to the first of the concentration camps—Indian reservations and plantations—and the beginnings … Continued

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, that great American visionary Thomas Jefferson proposed that Indian nations be moved to territories west of the Mississippi … Continued

By the first part of the nineteenth century, many non-Indians in the United States, particularly in the southern states, felt strongly that there should be … Continued

At the beginning of the eighteenth century the Cherokee were not a single political nation, but a linguistic and cultural grouping of about 50 villages. … Continued

The primary unit of government among the Cherokee was the town. Each town—perhaps 50 at the time of first European contact—was autonomous. The government of … Continued

In 1836, under the terms of the Treaty of New Echota, the Cherokee were given a narrow strip of land some 225 miles long and … Continued

Since its founding, the United States, and particularly the states that compose it, has been uncomfortable with having Indians nations within its boundaries. Motivated by … Continued

By 1830, the American government had decided that American Indians had no place in the United States and passed legislation calling for their removal to … Continued