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Cherokee Indians Trail Of Tears
The trail of tears.
The Tail of tears was an event that affected the Cherokee Indians very badly. There was a total over
8000 total Indians. There were over 4000 deaths from hunger, disease, and exhaustion. This was
Indian Removal in the areas of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and
Tennessee. (History)
While we were growing, we found an obstacle; there were Cherokee Indians in our way. We thought
that this is our land, and we could take over the land because of Manifest Destiny. We thought that
the Cherokee Indians were a threat. Then we decided to take over their territory. We thought that
since we owned the USA, we could take over their territory. (History)
When we took over the Indian's territory,
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Essay On Cherokee Indians
In the Cherokee tribes, there's a saying about an elderly Cherokee chief who was teaching his
grandson about life, "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is
between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self–pity,
guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self–doubt, and ego. The other is good –
he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth,
compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too."
The young boy questions his grandfather asking which wolf wins. And his grandfather responded
"The one you feed" (Cherokee proverb). This saying gets me through my daily life, I tell myself to
never feed the evil wolf because that will lead to all the sadness I have fought so hard to get out of.
Another way to think of this phrase is how Karma works in this world. With karma, everything you
do earns you what she has in store for you. Karma goes by different ... Show more content on
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I could mope and cry and be angry with the world or I could calm myself and think about the fact
that there are options to slow the degeneration of my vison and there are also ways for it to stop the
degeneration. Therefore, at this point I think about the wolves. I could be bitter and find reason to be
angry or I can accept that there is nothing I can do now and enjoy the world around me. Since the
news of my eye disease I take more time to stop and look at the beautiful things around me, such as
the sparkle from freshly fallen snow and purple mountains that leave me in awe. Losing your vision
can be hard but I've enjoyed life more now than I had ever before. It has also lead me to want to help
people more and try and improve the daily life of anyone I
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Cherokee Indian History Research Paper
In the year of 1827 the Cherokee Indians declared themselves a nation by drafting a constitution.
"The discovery of gold was made just after the creation and passage of the original Cherokee
Constitution" ("A Brief History of the Trail of Tears 1"). Aware that the native Indian land was in
danger of being encroached upon by new settlers, the Indians went to the government to create an
arrangement to protect their lands. "The Cherokees signed treaties ceding portions of their land to
the United States" (Bjornlund 8). From the year of 1780 to the year of 1820 the Cherokee people
signed treaties in an attempt to protect their homelands from new settlers moving onto Cherokee
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The government had made multiple attempts to enforce treaties, but the white settlers would not
abide by the treaties. Due to the inability to make the settlers and the Indians coexist, the
government set aside land in the western region. It was only made worse when, "In 1829 gold was
found on Cherokee land in the northwestern part of Georgia, near what is today Dahlonega. Rumors
of gold spread quickly, and white settlers rushed into Cherokee lands to make their claims"
(Bjornlund 38). It had been strongly encouraged for the Cherokees to move to the west since 1810,
but with the spur of the gold rush in 1829, the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. Georgia was
the main state for gold, and they were also one of the most aggressive in removing the Indians from
their state (Bjornlund 38). In 1828 the government took away all of the rights for the Cherokee
people, because they had no rights they could not keep their lands because they could not testify in
court to defend themselves or their claims. "Recognizing that they would get no help from the states,
John Ross and a group of Cherokee representatives traveled to Washington D.C., to ask for help
from Congress" (Bjornlund 39). The Cherokees were requested that the United States Government
honor the past treaties to enforce Cherokee land boundaries. "Members of Congress such as Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay, and Davey Crockett defended the Cherokees" (Bjornlund 39). Sadly, with
Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States, the Indian Removal Act was passed, causing
all Indians to leave their
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Dbq Cherokee Indian Removal
All men are equal but not the Cherokees? It was not necessary for the Cherokees to be removed
from their land because the Cherokee had many rights and many of them were violated by the
government. The Cherokee were trying everything they could to stay in their land but they could
not. For they were removed inhumanely while attempting to save their nation from being wiped off
the face of the earth.
The Cherokee indians were being forced out of the land that rightfully belonged to them. During the
indian removal act of 1830 the Cherokee indians were being forced off their land that was rightfully
theirs for natural resources,gold, and land that the United States of America said that belonged to
them(video). When gold was discovered in Georgia,the Cherokee indians were in danger of being
harmed by the whites that were in their land. Andrew Jackson stated,"It would incalculably
strengthen the southwestern frontier and render adjacent states to repel future invasions."(book 355)
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The Cherokee indians had to stay in the stockades from October to December(video). Disease
spread throughout the stockades. When the disease disappeared in December the Cherokee's started
to walk to the land west of the Mississippi River. In December the Cherokee indians marched
through the snow and ice. Many Native Americans died during the march to their new homes.
Andrew Jackson told the Native Americans that they would be in comfort with furnished ferries and
covered wagons. Despite these things 15 of the Native Americans died each stop(video) throughout
the journey. The government could have treated the Native Americans in a more caring and
respectful way. The American government said that they removed the natives for their own good but
they just harmed the Cherokee's
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Who Are The Cherokee Indians?
Who are the Cherokee Indians?
Rachel Prevatt and Page Vue
University of North Georgia
Authors Note
This paper was prepared for HSDA 3110, taught by Dr. McDaniel.
Abstract
In history classes, students are taught about the Cherokee Indians, who they were and what
happened to them. The Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokee Indians to relocate to another
location because European settlers wanted their land. What followed was the Trail of Tears, it was a
gruesome journey that the Cherokee Indians had to take to the southeastern regions of the United
States. Many suffered and died before even reaching the final destination. Remnants of the trail and
their housing can still be seen today. The Cherokee Indians were a huge part of the American
history, but where are they now? Today, they both lack privilege as well as have some specific
privileges because of who they are. It is important to study other cultures and understand who they
are, especially when they help make up part of the population of the United States. Why do we not
hear about the Cherokee Indians anymore?
History of Group in United States
The Cherokee Indians lived in what is now America hundreds of years before coming in contact
with European settlers. They live in the southeastern region of the United States which is now
Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky ("Our
History," 2014). It is believed that the Cherokee were derived from a group of
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Cherokee Indian Rights Of Passage Analysis
Rights of passage are a big part in your life and your relatives. There are many rites of passage and
they all differ from each other."The Medicine Bag","The Apache Girl",and the "Cherokee Indians"
all have to face their right of passage. "The Medicine Bag" is about a boy named Martin who is
given a medicine bag as his right of passage."The Apache Girl" is about a girl named Dachina who's
rite of passage leads her into womanhood."The Cherokee Indians" right of passage has the boy sit
through the night alone in a forest to show that he is a man. These 3 stories have many similarities
and differences in their rites of passage. They also are written in different formats which makes your
understanding of the topic different. The "Medicine Bag", ''The Apache Girl", and the "Cherokee
Indians" all have very similar rites of passage. They all have to accomplish something to become a
woman or a man in their tribe. ''The Apache Girl" and the "Cherokee Indians" both have to show
strength and confidence. Dacina has to dance for 10 hours and the "Cherokee Indians" have to sit on
a log through the night with a blindfold on. This helps them show that they are strong enough to
become a member of the tribe. The ''Medicine Bag'' and the "Cherokee Indians" also have similar
rights of passage because they both don't have to face their journey alone. During Martin's right of
passage his grandpa passes the bag down to him and during "Cherokee Indians" right of passage
their dad sits with
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History Of The Cherokee Indians
`The Cherokee Indians were a very modern group of Native Americans; they had successfully
blended into the American way of life. For example, they made their government like the American
way, translated the Bible, and even used American rules for owning property. Life for the Cherokee
nation seemed to be going well, but in 1832 they would have to fight for their land. Gold was
discovered in Georgia, so Georgians wanted to force the Cherokee Indians out, so they would have
more gold. The Cherokee Indians fought in a nonviolent way; they sued. "In Worcester v. Georgia
(1832), which followed a similar case from the ear before, Cherokee, Georgia, the Supreme Court
ruled that the Cherokee nation was a sovereign nation and that the state of Georgia
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Essay On Cherokee Indian Removal
Two out of three people are discriminated everyday. "Giving someone equal rights does not infringe
or take away rights from them, it just makes it illegal to enforce your prejudice and hate." British
statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke once said, "Those who don't know history are destined to
repeat it." He also said, "All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough
good men to do nothing." During the Cherokee Indian Removal, the Cherokee Indians were forced
to be removed by the U.S. troops because of discovery of gold leading them to be removed, and
discrimination towards the Cherokees. First the U.S. troops wanted to remove all Cherokees because
of the discovery of gold. In this situation, the Cherokees had valuable land that could be used for
farming. This would benefit the White Americans in a way to sell goods. Later, the White Americans
had found gold on Cherokee Territory, making it another reason why Andrew Jackson, wanted to
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The White Americans would reject the Native Americans, by the reason of being greedy, burning
their houses and all their belongings (Zwoniter 2009). Although, John Ross, had asked the U.S.
Supreme to intervene on the Indian Removal Act, but the U.S. Supreme didn't do so. Until a year
later the Supreme Court had declared that Georgia, had violated the Cherokee Nation. However
President Jackson refuse to enforce the decision pressuring the Cherokees to leave (Thomas 2011).
The Native Americans, were divided between those who wanted to resist the Indian Removal Act,
and a Treaty Party for those who wanted to surrender and abandon the west. John Ridge, and Elias
Boudinot, signed a Treaty without the authority of Chief Ross, requiring the Cherokee Nation to
exchange their land for a load in the Indian Territory and relocate there in a period of two years.
(Theda, and Green
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Essay about Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee Indians were one of the civilized tribes in the United States. They were located in the
southeastern part of the U.S. This includes the western parts of North and South Carolina, The
northern parts of Alabama and Georgia, Southwest Virginia and the Cumberland basin of Tennessee.
It appears the Cherokee settled in 1000 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Their development took place in two
stages or phases. The Pisgah which took place 1300 A.D. to 1540 A.D. and the Qualla which took
place 1540 A.D. to 1750 A.D. The first period was primitive and the second was influenced by
European contact. They were a large tribe that was part of the Iroquian language group even though
their language is very different. Despite this the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Now she is allowed to marry.
Marriage is looked at as a life long venture. If a man wants to marry a certain woman he has to ask
both his and her parents for their permission. If both parents agree then a priest is told. On the
morning of the ceremony the priest prays asking for a sign as to whether a couple should marry or
not. To get the sign that he is looking for he holds two roots in his hand. If the roots moved together
in his hand then it was O.K for a couple to marry. But if the roots did not move or moved together
and one died then the marriage would be forbidden. When the roots came together with no problem,
the ceremony went on. The priest prayed over the couple and warned them about being unfaithful
because if they did then they would go to a "bad place" when they died.1 Divorce did happen but
was a rare occurrence. All that had to be done was the dividing of blankets. Priests were allowed to
marry but the woman had to be of utmost character. She must be a virgin. She could not be a widow
or divorced. Also this marriage has to be approved by seven counselors. Once a couple is married
then they can focus on having children.
When a woman learns that she is pregnant she tells her husband whom then goes and builds her a
place for her last three months of pregnancy. Men were not allowed to be present at the birth of a
child unless he was a priest who was invited to pray over the mother while she was in
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Cherokee Indians Research Paper
Cherokee Indians This is in important essay about cherokee indians these indians are very smart
they did lot of good things. They hunted turtles for food and they used their shells for rattles. The
language they spoke was iroquoian. In 1838 they had the highest population and it was 400,000
cherokee indians were alive there were a lot different place where cherokee lived. The Cherokee
children's the boys liked to go hunting with their dad and the girls their mom showed them what to
do in the house. When the men went to hunt they used a blowguns and when they fought in war they
used a spear or tomahawk. 1800s 4,000 men and women were killed and now there current
population in 1838 was 370,000 a lot of people died in the 1800s. The cherokee
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Nancy Ward's Influence On Cherokee Indians
Nanye–hi, or Nancy Ward as she was most common known, was a Cherokee Indian. She was a very
determined and respected women. She was born into a powerful family in the Wolf clan, who lived
in the hills of what today is Eastern Tennessee. Growing up Nancy Ward was greatly affected by the
constant conflict with European settlers and with enemy tribes. This violent impact influenced the
strong–willed Nancy Ward to become a significant mediator between the native tribes and European
settlers. This impact also let the the change in customs of the Cherokee people. Nancy Ward first
married Tsu–la and had two children. During the Battle of Taliwa the Cherokees raided the Creeks.
Nancy Ward fought by her husband's side. Many sources say she would chew the lead bullets for his
rifle to make them more pointed and deadly on the enemies. When the Creeks killed Ward's husband
she picked up his rifle and led a charge that brought victory to the Cherokees. Due to her actions
during the raid, the Cherokee clans made Nancy Ward Ghighau which means "Beloved Woman." As
Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward was the head of the Women's Council, she sat on the Council of
Chiefs, and had complete power over prisoners. These ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Ward voiced her opinion that peace and patience between the Cherokee tribe and settlers was the
only way to guarantee survival. Despite Nancy Ward's wisdom, the people of her tribe strongly
disagreed with her and warned her against the settlers westward expansion. The Cherokee people
wanted to kill the prisoners from the war. As Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward had power over the fate
of prisoners. Nancy Ward immediately left the council and saved Lydia Bean, a prisoner who some
warriors had already tied to a stake to be burned. Bean stayed with Nancy Ward as her guest until it
was safe for her to return home. Bean taught Nancy Ward how to make butter and cheese. This led
Nancy Ward to buy her own cattle and introduce cows into Cherokee's
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How Did Andrew Jackson Remove Cherokee Indians
When Andrew Jackson became the president of the United States, he had in mind to remove
Cherokee Indians from their society and place them on new lands provided by the Louisiana
purchase. A bill was signed in 1830, known as the "Indian Removal Bill", which made Cherokees
migrate from Georgia, westward of the Mississippi river. The Cherokees had to be moved from their
lands because the environment they were leaving in was not suiting them well and they were
becoming a threat to the new government established by the United States. On President Andrew
Jackson first annual message to Congress, he mentioned that Indians were given an opportunity to
get involved in their society, but instead the Cherokees wanted to create their own government
within
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Relationship Between The United States And The Cherokee...
The United States and the Cherokee Indians
The debate over the legality of sovereignty and acquired lands from the native Americans,
specifically the Cherokee, has long been debated. The issues involved have included treaties, land
sold, and the right of the Government to physically enforce their rules on Indian land
"sovereignty". This paper will examine the strategy used by the Federal Governments,
the State Governments as well as those of the Cherokee Indians. The three–way relationship as well
as the issues will examine how the interpretation of the Constitution changed society prior to the
year of 1840.
The Cherokee Nation was the largest of Five Civilized Tribes of the southeast. They are a people of
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So when the British government had lost the Revolutionary war, by "right of conquest"
the United States won all of England's authority, which included rule over all of the people and land
in the Americas. By this reasoning, this rule extended to the Indians that were in fact living on their
land. But rather then defend (by another fight) the "right of conquest" against the
Indians, Congress wanted to conduct peaceful negotiations with them instead. This brought about
the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785 which historically was the very first treaty between the United States
and the Cherokee people. The treaty was in fact to promote friendliness and good relations between
the U.S. Government and the tribes. The reason also for the treaty was to protect the Cherokee from
the intruding states of North Carolina and Georgia. However the treaty was a failure because both
North Carolina and Georgia would not support it.
The American colonies were quickly expanding and the Federal Government realized that in order
to prosper they needed more land. The Government discovered it could regulate Indian land because
of a clause in the Constitution of the United States, which transfers "...sole authority over
Indian affairs into the
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Cherokee Native American Indians and the Trail of Tears
Cherokee Native American Indians and the Trail of Tears
What made the Cherokee culture distinctive towards others in the Trail of Tears time period was that
they had a more peaceful, harmless outlook on the situation. In 1814, Andrew Jackson who would
eventually become the President of the United States, had his and his whole army's lives on the line
in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend to the British forces when the Cherokee allied with them to win the
battle. Surprisingly, 16 years later when Jackson was President of the United States, he made the
deciding decision on the controversy of whether or not the Cherokee deserved their land. Jackson
completed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, sending the Cherokee out of their own land which they
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They were walking mostly through moist valleys and forests which provided some nutrition and
shelter. The weather was overall favorable for the Cherokee during the Trail of Tears. The rivers
were also helpful to the Cherokee as a source of food and basis for navigation.
Some may wonder why the Cherokee did not fight for their land. Historians suggest that the
Cherokee knew America was a more powerful force. They were also a peaceful tribe that didn't wish
to start a war, so they instead chose to go and find new land. Based on their belief system they
valued peace, not violence. This made the Cherokee distinctive to other tribes involved in the Trail
of Tears, because they peacefully left while the other tribes planned to fight until they realized they
had a small chance of winning a battle against Jackson and America. The Cherokee knew that
America was acting harsh and cruel towards them, but they didn't believe strongly in acts of
violence. The Cherokee would also communicate with Jackson occasionally (not often at all) about
their progress and health during their voyage. After their long, treacherous voyage, they reached
their new land where they had to resettle, and had to start all over again.
When the Cherokee resettled, they were a different group with no leaders; everybody became the
same during their voyage to new settlement. The Cherokee then became more civilized, and began
to fade
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Cherokee And Indian Culture
A large part of the formation of our country and Western society involved interaction with tribes of
Native Americans that inhabited North America well before Europeans settled it. It started with
Spanish conquistadors and explorers, then British colonies which would mold and change into the
revolutionized American Colonists. Along this succession, the Indian tribes on the east coast
experienced extreme prejudice, regime changes and war. Among these tribes are the Cherokee. The
Cherokee were at the forefront of Indian–European relations. They remained strong in the southeast,
despite war and epidemic. The Cherokee underwent significant culture changes yet not always by
choice. War and disease tore apart the Cherokee as well other tribes but
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Cherokee Indians Stereotypes
Analyse the representation of a race, class, gender (or other roles in society) in two feature films or
television dramas you have studied.
In the movies The Searchers by John Ford in 1956 and Cowboys and Alien by Jon Favreau in 2011
there is a large variation of how race and gender are represented in the movie. Even though these
movies are 50 years apart there is are obvious links and differences in how race and gender are
portrayed in these two movies. Race in The Searchers is portrayed by marginalising the Cherokee
Indians. In The Searchers the Cherokee Indians are portrayed as "childish savages", who hunt and
kill "innocent" family's and people and are the antagonists of the movie. However the Westerners are
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In The Searchers, it displays the women as a dramatic figure who don't know how to fight and are
very vulnerable without the male figure, they are also shown as a lower figure then the males. Also
when the antagonists go to the Westerners family] house, it displays Lucy (the older sister) realising
that they are under attack from an enemy and she begins to let out a loud scream. This is known as
the damsel in the distress figure, further portraying the women as a vulnerable figure. Martha (the
wife) could be called the servant to the males of the movie. This is displayed in the movie when the
reverend arrives at the Westerners house and he begins to ask for items such as water, food,
beverages and many more items, Martha never second guesses the reverend and tells him to get it
himself, she rather accepts his requests and delivers the necessary items to him. This further portrays
the male as the dominant figure and the females as the less dominant figure. Later in the movie after
Ethan and Marty have been travelling for almost 4 years it shows Marty trading with some Cherokee
Indians trying to get information about the whereabouts of his sister in a more passive and friendly
way. However, when Marty is trading with the Indians he doesn't realise but he accidently buys a
wife with his trading. This further shows how women in The Searchers are portrayed as a means of
trade, which today is just not accepted to any degree. When
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Cherokee Indians Research Paper
Cherokee Indians were found in the south and southeast commonly in these states North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, West Virginia/Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Old artifacts
show that they lived in this region about 11,000 years ago to the present day and that they had very
natural reliable resources that they used on a daily basis. The Cherokee Indians had a well–managed
system in which they had villages of 60 or less for housing, the women did the cooking, cleaning,
farming/harvesting and the men did the hunting and gathering. In the region where the Cherokee's
were known to live at they modified their own weapons, arts/crafts, and clothing also using trees and
plants for medicinal uses. The Cherokee Indians were one of
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The Myth Of The Cherokee Indians
There are many religions in this world and many creation myths that accompany those religions.
Each religion has its own unique viewpoint on how the world came to be. The Cherokee myth I have
chosen is something that may seem outrageous to the outsider, but it is how the Cherokee Indians
have viewed their creation for many years.
The Cherokee believed that before their world as they know it began, it was just water. All the
animals lived in a land called Galun'lati that was above the water (in the sky), but it was
overcrowded. A water beetle, named Dayuni'si, volunteered to explore the water beneath them.
Dayuni'si was unable to find solid ground on the surface of the water, but dove below the surface
and only found mud. The beetle brought the mud to the water's surface and it began to grow and
spread out. This mud became the Earth, as the Cherokee Indians knew it. Later the Earth was tied to
the sky with a string at each of the corners ("Native American Myths of Creation"). The Earth was
too wet so the animals sent the Great Buzzard from Galun'lati and told him to go and make it ready
for them. He flew all around the land, but it was still soft. By the time he had traveled to Cherokee
country, he was tired – as his wings flapped the ground, they created mountains and valleys. The
animals concluded that the land was too dark so they made the sun and gave it a path to travel on
each day from the east to the west. After the plants and animals, humans were created. They
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The Cherokee Indians Essay
The Cherokee Indians
The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is always associated with the
Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee's were by far the largest and most advanced of the tribes
when Europeans first arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many tribes
to go over background on every one of them, so I'm going to focus on the Cherokee's since many of
their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East.
When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Cherokees occupied a large expanse of territory
in the Southeast. Their homeland included mountains and valleys in the southern part of the
Appalachian Mountain chain. Their
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The Cherokees practiced a variety of crafts, including basketwork and stamped pottery. They also
carved, out of woods and gourds, masks representing good and evil spirits. These masks were used
during their many hunting, agricultural and healing rituals. They held these ceremonies at key times
of the year, such as harvest time.
Each village was run by two chiefs. The White Chief, or Most Beloved Man helped the villagers
make decisions concerning farming, lawmaking, and disputes between individuals, families, or
clans. He also played a large role in religious ceremonies. The Red Chief gave advice concerning
warfare. One such decision was choosing who would be the War Woman, an honored woman chosen
to accompany braves on their war parties. The War Woman did not fight, but helped feed the men,
offered them council, and decided which prisoners would live or die. The Red Chief was also in
charge of the lacrosse games which were called
"little wars." Lacrosse was played within tribes and against other tribes. It is one of the
first known friendly competitions between Indian tribes.
Hernando de Soto was the first European explorer to come into contact with the Cherokees, when he
arrived in their territory in 1540. The Europeans were very impressed with the highly advanced
cultures.
Relations with outsiders started off
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Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians
Alicia Stephens
AIU
Abstract
In this paper I will discuss the history of the Cherokee Indians in the United States. First by
describing the tribes pre–Columbian history to include the settlement dates and known cultural
details. Then a brief description of the cultural and religious beliefs of the tribe will be given, as well
as the tribe's history after contact with settlers. Finally discussing John Ross, who he was and how
he affected the Cherokee Indians.
Cherokee Indians The word Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a Choctaw word meaning
"Cave People". It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted the adopted by
Cherokees in the form of Tsalagi or Jalagi. Traditionally, the people ... Show more content on
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Use of a caste system was a part of the Cherokees 'social structures before contacts with whites. The
white south created its own social caste system with white planters as the aristocracy and the African
slave at the peon (Bullard, F.B. 1989). The colonists who settled in the south were different than
their counterparts in the North. The main heritage of the southern colonists was the Celtic in contrast
to the English heritage of the colonists who settled in the north. The Celtic heritage these southerner
colonists brought to North America from Europe had a profound effect on their folkways as well as
influencing their Indian neighbors. Traditional Cherokee lands had incorporated ass of Kentucky,
much of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and a small part of Virginia
and what is now West Virginia. The spatial proximity was one reason for the development of an
identity with the Southern colonist and their institutions and traditions (Bullard, F.B. 1989). Indian
agent for the United States, George Butler, commented that he felt the majority of the material
progress in the Indian Territory was a result of slavery. The age of masters measured in the
distribution in slaves provides evidence for the upward mobility of slavery for the Cherokee. The
principal difference from the white south was the treatment of slaves in the Cherokee Nation. The
Cherokee avoided mistreatment of the slaves and Major Ridge's wife
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The Cherokee Indian Removal Of The Cherokee
Isabelle Grala 7th Period Walley
Removal of The Cherokee In 1838, the Cherokee Indian Removal Act forced Cherokee and Creek
Indians out of Georgia on a 5,045 mile walk all the way to the farthest west land that the United
States had at the time, Oklahoma[1]. This event is now known as The Trail of Tears known for the
many tears shed by the Indians that had to travel on the trail. The main reason for their removal from
the premises was because of the gold that was discovered in the land of the now Hall County or
Dahlonega. People have their opinions on whether the Creek and Cherokee should have been
removed, to be honest, I am on the fence about this topic. I can recognize the great injustice that was
made to the Indians but I also see that this action allowed for growth in Georgia and its economy,
which contributed to growth for the United States as a whole. If I had to choose, I would say that the
Cherokee Indians should not have been removed from their territory. For one, they were settled in
their land before the english came and were in a way civilized. Two, the Indian Removal Act should
never have been approved and was invalid for a few reasons. And finally, it was immoral to remove
them from their land and didn't have any right to do so. The English people, travelled across the
ocean to get to a new land that they called America. They travelled and claimed the land that they
wanted, they settled in, they succeeded from their home country, had a revolution,
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The Cherokee Indians
Introduction:
Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the
biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast.
They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are
today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you
everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.
What was their shelter like?
To start off, most people figure that the Cherokee Indians lived in tee–pees, but they did not. They
lived in homes built out of mud and other materials around. By the 1700s they lived in cozy log
cabins that they had built themselves. Although most of them lived in cabins, a tiny population lived
in clapboard houses. Other than the help from Sweden, the log cabins you and me see in the Untied
States of America in our daily life 's originated from the Cherokee Indians! Isn 't that cool?!
Where were they located?
The Cherokee Indians were mainly know for living in the southeastern part of the United States of
America. But they had moved around several different areas before they discovered their so thought
"forever home." They lived there until they were forced to leave to Oklahoma during the trail of
tears. Lots of us have heard of the "Smokey Mountains," and the Smokey Mountains is where the
Cherokee Indians were famous for living at. Now the area they
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Cherokee Indian Benefits
If you don't know the history about the Cherokee indians I am going to tell you in my essay. In my
opinion i feel that the best chance of survival is to just accept new tribal lands and move west. After
all the research about the Cherokee indians i feel if they want they tribe to be safe is to flea their
land. The reasons i say the Cherokee should leave is because if they do leave they will be given
5,000,000 dollars and 7,000,000 acres of land. Another reason they should accept to move to the
west is to prevent their tribe from being terminated by president andrew jackson by being attacked.
More Reasons why the Cherokee should leave their land because if they leave they wouldn't have to
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The reason is because they would receive 5,000,000 dollars to start over in the west. When the
Cherokee receive the 5,000,000 for leaving they can buy some of the stuff they had on there old
land. They will be able to buy some materials for new places to live.They will be able to buy some
food for their tribe. Even though they won't be able to get there gold back they still will be rich in
dollar bills. Also they will receive 7,000,000 acres of land. On the other side of the argument there is
a resist side. The resist side is telling them to resist because the Cherokee was their first,and there
forefathers inherited that land,and that they was already rich in gold and nutrients. I said accept
instead of resist because there tribe will become extinct and die out because the U.S Government
will attack the Cherokee. Some more reasons the Cherokee should leave is if they don't they will be
attacked and terminated by the Government. The Cherokee will be doomed because they wouldn't
have no more children and their tribe will be extinct. Some evidence of what Major Ridge said is "
accept his offer or Risk the terminations of their tribe". He said that because if the Government
attack the cherokee they will be destroyed because the cherokee doesn't have the weapons the
government
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The Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are indigenous of parts of the Southeastern United States.
They have members all the way south as Georgia and are spread out across the Appalachian
mountain trail in both North and South Carolina and stretching across into Tennessee. The land in
which each tribe is from has a particular way is shaping how they live and defines the important
aspects of that culture. In the Eighteenth Century the Cherokee Indians were one of the most heavily
populated Indian societies in the Southeastern United States. These Indians have many unique
political and spiritual ideas and world views. Almost all Cherokee Indians were involuntary made to
pick up and relocate to Oklahoma in the 1800's. Some Cherokee Indian escaped the Trail of Tears by
staying out of site in the Appalachian mountains. The Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for what
the Americans called Indian Removal. During the 1800 's, the US government created an "Indian
Territory" in Oklahoma and forced all native american tribes to go live there. The Americans forced
Cherokees to move even though many tribes did not agree to this plan. The Cherokee Indians were
one of the most heavily populated of the southeast and did not agree to simply give up their land.
The Cherokee Indians had been harmonious to the Americans so they inquired for some help. It was
decided that the Cherokee Indians could be able to keep their land. Regardless President Andrew
Jackson and his army
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Cherokee Indian Removal Analysis
The Cherokee Nation flourished in 1838 through Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.
They had their own newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix, they grew corn and cotton, raised hogs and
cattle, and they lived in log houses. The Cherokee Indians lived in peace, up until October of 1838.
Cherokees were forced out of their homes and held at gunpoint by 7,000 soldiers, an order from
President Martin Van Buren who was pressured by Georgia. Eighteen thousand Indians were
pressured to march from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina to the Indian territory in
present–day Oklahoma. Approximately 4,000 Cherokee Indians, mostly children and the elderly,
died on this march which became known as "Nunahi–Duna–Dlo–Hilu–I" or "trail ... Show more
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It is not known how many died on the journey, but the trip was especially hard on infants, children,
and the elderly. Missionary doctor Elizur Butler, who accompanied the Cherokees, estimated that
over 4,000 died–nearly one–fifth of the Cherokee population. Some slaves also died on the Trail of
Tears. In the end, the U.S. government never even paid the $5 million promised to the Cherokees in
the Treaty of New Echota. The Cherokee Nation tried to adapt to the new environment and re–
established their own system of government, similar to that of the United States. John Ross was
elected as the Principal Chief of the reconstituted Cherokee Nation.
The Trail of Tears was a devastating forced march of 800 miles of the Cherokee Nation. Andrew
Jackson strongly believed that the removal of Indians from the east would benefit the nation and the
Cherokees. In reality, only the United States benefited from the removal and many Cherokees
suffered and died and, in the end, did not get what they were promised. Even then the Cherokees
remained strong, kept their beliefs, and continued to
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The Cherokee Indians By Hernando De Soto
The Cherokee Indians lived in North American far longer than any other British decent or human
being. Still they were compelled to move from their property (land), which was done in a fierce way,
which had been theirs for quite a long time and hundreds of years. This excursion of evacuation was
known as the Trail of Tears, and this paper will demonstrate the impacts this moved had on the
Cherokee individuals. It will let you know how they lived before they were compel to moved,
clarify the occasions that prompted to their evacuation, states of their travel, and what happen to the
Cherokee individuals after the Trail of tears. The local individuals of North America lived in peace
for a long time. Nevertheless the lives of the Native America came to a shocking stop in 1540. This
was the year that Hernando De Soto came into contact with the local individuals of North American.
The locals, known as Indians, would interact with pioneers from around the globe that need their
property for themselves or their nation. The local would inevitably embrace a portion of the
outsiders ' ways. They would even venture to battle in a portion of the pioneer wars. This was
demonstrated not to be a smart thought for them on the grounds that in the event that they were on
the losing side, the outcomes were the lost of their property. Through the nineteenth century around
one hundred thousand Indians were compel to move westbound far from their territory. There were
five Indian tribes that
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My Tribe : The Cherokee Indians
My tribe the Cherokee Indians lived in Nashville, Tennessee in 1838 (Perdue). It is from this area
that I was forced from my home along with my family. The white man known as the government
were the ones forcing my tribe from our sacred land. The white man marched my family and tribe
by foot from Tennessee to Oklahoma. On this march many of my people died. The pain I faced
along with the other thousands of my people is the reason many Indians call the march from
Tennessee to Oklahoma the Trail of Tears. Here is my story, about the heartache I felt along this
Trail of Tears.
Heartache of the Trail of Tears
My name is Mathara (Marie), and I am a Cherokee Indian. My story it begins in the spring. The
leaves are on the trees. I am playing with my friends when the white men ride up to our home. I
became very frightened when my mother called in earnest for me to come and gather some of my
belongings. I was confused. My mother told me as the men rode off that we must leave these lands
and move to new lands. I felt so many emotions from angry to sad because I loved my home and did
not want to leave. There was nothing my mother, father, or I could do. How could this be happening,
one minute I was happily playing with my friends and now I was being driven from my home. We
walked what seemed like a very long distance. I felt at any moment I would hit the ground I was so
tired. The soldiers led us to stockades. I now knew what cattle must have felt like as we were
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Iroquoian Linguistic Family: The Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee Indians are from the Iroquoian linguistic family. Much of their economy, is based on
intensive agriculture, mainly of corn, beans, and squash while the typical hunted animals were dear,
bear, and wild turkey. Corn was so important to them, they even had a ceremony when the corn
began to get ripe in hopes that the corn would continue to grow. The tribe itself was divided into
seven matrilineal clans that were dispersed in war and peace they were also known as the half tribes.
The people lived in numerous villages, some which belonged to the war of moiety, and some to the
part of the peace moiety. The Cherokee lived in towns of 30 to 60 houses and large council house.
The houses in the towns, weren't as large, being only one, two,
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Pocahontas: A Brief History Of The Cherokee Indians
For this research paper, I am providing you with the history of the Cherokee Indians. I have
Cherokee Indian in my blood. My father's family is fully Cherokee Indian. Both my Mother and my
Father resided in North Carolina. Except on my Mother's side, she isn't any Native American of any
kind. I am doing my research paper on the Cherokee Indians because it always perks my interest in
hearing about my ancestors and what they did. The Cherokee Indians trace back somewhere around
10,000 B.C. If you've ever seen the movie Pocahontas, that can give you somewhat a good visual to
what the Cherokee Indians were like. Dating back to the B.C. and A.C. days, Indians did their own
way of living. They didn't conform to anyone else and made up their own
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The Cherokee Indians: The Trail Of Tears
The Cherokee is a Native American tribe local to the Southeastern United States. The Cherokee
Indians were one of the main tribes of the five Native American tribes, they were initially from the
Great Lakes territory, but then eventually established closer to the east coast. The Cherokee name
translates into "those who live in the mountains". They were religious individuals who always
believed in spirits, they performed rituals in order to ask the spirits to help them.
In 1836, the United States and the state of Georgia forced the Cherokee Indian tribe to leave their
home in Georgia and move on to the West. Long story short, the tribe did not want to move, and
they also trusted that they had the legal right to stay. In the early 1830's this disagreement brought
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The United States government established an Indian Territory in Oklahoma and directed all of the
eastern Native American tribes to go and live there, some tribes enthusiastically agreed to this plan,
some other tribes did not concur. For those who did not agree with the moving, the the American
army had to force them. The Cherokee tribe, was the main tribe who did not want to move. While
living in the East, they made treaties with the Americans. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of
Tears by hiding in the Appalachian hills or also by taking shelter with some sympathetic white
neighbors. The Cherokees were peaceful allies of the Americans, they later on asked the Supreme
Court for help. The judges decided that they could stay in their homes, but Andrew Jackson sent the
army to march the Cherokees to Oklahoma anyways. Andrew Jackson was an American Statesman
who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. At one point Jackson
and the Cherokee were allies. Descendants of the Cherokee Indians who survived the death march
still live in Oklahoma
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Indian Removal Of The Cherokee Indians
They cried, they wept, they grew stronger. It was a story of hope, courage, and survival. This was
the Trail of Tears. Many events led up to the Cherokee's removal. The Indian Removal caused the
Cherokee indians to move west. A man named Major Ridge struck lots of bargains with the United
States. This man, Major Ridge, was one of the native sons, born in 1771, that lived in the Cherokee
territory. The Cherokee's lived in the Christians Eden because they believe their ancestors once lived
in the same area. Throughout Major Ridge's youth years, the Shawnees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, the
Creeks, and the United States endangered the Cherokees. Mr. Ridge and his family watched his
town get burnt down by riflemen due to picking the wrong side during the American Revolution.
The Cherokees watched their world change all around them. The Cherokee population dwindled to
12,000 in 1805, and lost over half their precious land. The United States wanted the Cherokees land,
and for them to move west. The Americans offered a path for them to walk down. The Americans
developed a policy called civilization which taught the Cherokees how to grow wheat; how to eat
meals at regular set times instead of when ever they pleased, how to dress; how to speak English;
how to pray in church at certain set times. The United States wanted all the tribes to be equivalent of
their white neighbors. Thomas Jefferson states that they could be equal to the whites. John Ross was
the future Cherokee chief; he grew
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Cherokee Indian Research Paper
I'm Nancy ward I am an Indian from the Cherokee nation. I'm considered a beloved women by the
Cherokee nation. I talk about peace to the nation and set orders with the chief of the Cherokee
nation. I was born in the year 1738. My mother's name is Tame doe I don't know who my father is. I
was married twice my first husband was kingfisher. We had 3 children. After my husbands death I
got married again to my cousin. My cousin and I had 2 girls. I was called wild rose by my mother.
They had given me the name of ghigau because of my bravery. The battle of taliwa (1755) my
husband Kingfisher died in this battle. I took my husband's rifle and rallied the warriors to victory.
(Ball ground, Georgia 1755) I Became a member of the tribal council of chief
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Cherokee Indians And Native American Tribes
Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is
discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual
culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things
to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional
songs, dances, and food. The Cherokee people have been identified as one of the most socially and
culturally advanced of all other Native American tribes. Artifacts have been found that Indicate that
they lived a little over 11,000 years ago but it is unknown of how long the Cherokee have actually
existed. Research is still being done to determine ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Their religion is based on thanking mother earth for providing all that is needed to stay alive. The
Cherokee language has 3 principal dialects. A'Tali or also called the upper principle is spoken
throughout Northern Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina and is exclusively
used in the native literature of the tribe. Kituwah or also known as the middle principle is spoken
chiefly on the waters of the Tuckasegee River in western North Carolina and is now prevailing
dialect on the east Cherokee Reservation. Elati also known as the lower principle and is spoken on
the heads of the savannah river, in South Carolina and Georgia and was the only dialect to have the
"R" sound, which is now extinct. Many of the Cherokee's 12,000 tribe members still use this
language today. The Foods in the Cherokee Nation all had a purpose. Corn, beans, and squash were
also known as "The 3 Sisters" that grew in their fields. Corn was made into flat breads, beans and
squash were used for soups and stews. There are many traditional cherokee dishes, which include
Bean Bread, Fried Hominy, Grape Dumplings, Cherokee bread pudding, and many others(Recipes).
Most of the cooking vessels were made of clay, and food was sometimes put under hot coals for
cooking. Most foods
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The Principle People Of God: The Cherokee Indian Culture
Back in the 1800s, the Cherokee Indian culture worshiped the sun. The Cherokee would pray to the
sun to bring abundant crops and good health. The Cherokee Indians held a festival called the New
Moon Festival in which they paid honor to the moon. The name for the Cherokee People is "A ni
yun wi yah", which in English it means "The Principle People" or akin to "The People of God." The
devotion of the Cherokee people was to the Supreme Holy Spirit who could not be looked upon and
whose energy was the fire of all creation and the fire of all life and who resided in the heavens and
on earth through purified people. They were rigidly non idolaters and neither would they observe
any religious images among them or keep idolatrous religious ceremonies. Instead the Cherokee
people adored the one Great Spirit, God, who they described "the only Giver and Taker of life."
They were devoted to a higher principled way of living according to their ancient religious beliefs of
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Paganism is when people worship processes instead of the Creator, God Himself. Pagan means
someone who is ignorant with God. The Cherokees never gave special adoration of worship to any
images, dead men, evil spirits, extraterrestrial luminaries or any human–created being or personage.
A body would be buried before the sun went down, time permitting. Detractors from other Native
American tribes, then the European Westerners, tended to believe the myth that the religion of the
Cherokee Indians was no more than primitive emotion and pagan
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Dbq Cherokee Indians
The Cherokees were natives to the new land before the europeans came to colonized it.
There were only 6 to 7 souls per square mile in the state of North Carolina the Cherokees lived in
peace as said in Doc 3 "a state having but 6 to 7 souls to a square mile." The Cherokees had gender
roles in their tribes As said in the background, "Women performed most of the farm duties, raising
corn and the beans, where men hunted deer and turkey and caught fish to complete their diets". The
cherokees usually relied so much on buffalo and deer for their source of main protein, this cause all
the buffalo and deer to move westward and leaving the cherokees less with food as said in document
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The law was passed that all Natives had to leave. Cherokees believed even if they stayed they would
still have to deal with all the troublesome White neighbors, therefore their best option was to leave.
There was nothing they could do because the whites were too powerful as said in doc 5. "It is argued
that they can never remain quiet where they are;n that they will always be infested by troublesome
whites; and that the states, which lay claim their territory, will always preserve in measures to vex
and annoy them." The Natives didn't understand why the white people wanted them gone so bad,
because the white people tried so hard to change the Natives culture to make them act like the white
people. The Natives changed they way they acted, worked, and how they looked. In doc 7 it says "
The Cherokees have been reclaimed from their wild habits. Instead of hunters, they have become the
cultivators of the soil instead of wild and ferocious savages, thirsting for blood, they become the
mild "citizens." The Cherokees were really upset, because not only were they leaving what had now
become their norm they were also leaving their land which had been passed down through their
family. The Cherokees started a petition to the United States asking for them to fulfill their treaty
they had made. In doc 9. It says " Cherokee people used no violence but humbly petitioned the
Government of the United States for a fulfillment of treaty
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Cherokee Indians Research Paper
Cherokee Indians
As stated in the "Cherokees," Robert J. Conley said, "Cherokees are a Native American people
whose ancestral lands were a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States." They adapt to
their surroundings rapidly when they settle in the southeast. These lands are very helpful for the
Cherokee Indians to survive. Some factors of the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee Indians, are
their advanced tools and weapons, their variations of clothing, and their religion.
The advanced tools and weapons help the Cherokee Indians live. Bows and arrows are commonly
used throughout the Cherokee Tribe. According to the article "Native American Indian Weapons,"
they are used for hunting, fishing, and sometimes war. The Cherokees ... Show more content on
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The Cherokees are very spiritual; therefore, they are one of the most religious Native American
Tribes. The Indians have two basic views concerning the origin of the earth, for that reason the
Cherokee Nation is separated into two groups. The main factor for the separation is how one
believes in certain aspects of religion. For an example, one group has the notion that everything is
created and protected from the sun. On the other hand, the other group assumes the theory of 'three
beings who were always together and of the same mind' ("Cherokee" 252). The Cherokee Indians
believed strongly in their religion as well as the spiritual component. Therefore, this tribe practices
several religious rituals to demonstrate their beliefs
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Indian Removal : The Cherokee, Jackson, And The Trail Of...
Trail of Tears BRIA 21 1 c Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the "Trail of Tears"
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BRIA 21: 1 Home | Machiavelli and The Prince | Detaining U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants |
Jackson and Indian Removal
Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the "Trail of Tears"
President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of removing the Cherokees and other Southeastern
tribes from their homelands to the unsettled West.
For a thousand years before Europeans came to North America, the Cherokees occupied a large area
where the states of Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia now come
together. They inhabited over 50 towns. Cherokee women tended crops while the men hunted and
made war.
Each town had a council, usually made up of a religious leader and elders. The council discussed
important matters such as going to war against an enemy tribe. The council members and people of
the town debated an issue until they agreed on what to do.
Traditionally, no tribal government or chief held authority over all the Cherokees. But in 1721,
South Carolina colonists succeeded in persuading the Cherokees to choose a principal chief for the
entire tribe to negotiate selling some of its hunting grounds.
After the French and Indian War, the British tried to ban any further white settlement on Native
American lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. But colonists kept moving
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Colonialism Of Cherokees And The Cherokee Indians And...
Throughout history, we see various forms of colonialism that have happened in the world. Multiple
groups of people were affected by this act of colonizing. An example of the groups that were
affected would include the Cherokees and the Mayans. Both of these groups of people experienced
colonialism in similar ways, either by adaptation or resistance nevertheless they still had their
differences. Although both the Cherokees and the Mayans experience of colonialism occurred in
different time periods, their use of adaptation was used as a source of defense against their invaders.
An example of this would be the way Cherokee women reacted to the building of mission schools
on Cherokee land. They first viewed it as a threat to their role as Cherokee mothers. Once they
began to understand the expectations and goals the missionaries had, they maneuvered their children
around these white standards to keep their security while still having them in school. (Smith, 404).
They found the benefit if they conformed to this idea of civilized behavior the Europeans had.
However, the Mayans didn't encounter the use of schools on their land rather they encountered the
use of labor. The use of forced labor was often applied, but the Cakchiquel (a certain group of
Mayans) found a way around it by using the tacagual and peyobal methods. The tacagual method
was where one Indian would pay another to do his work, while the peyobal method was where an
Indian would pay his town justices to
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How Did The French And Indian Culture Affect The Cherokee...
The Cherokee was one of the many native american tribes that was affected by the arrival of the
europeans and colonization. The Cherokee culture was a typical culture like any other native
american tribe. They spoke the language that is known as Tsalagi. They harvested beans, corn and
squash most commonly known to Cherokee as "The Three Sisters". They also had their own ways of
doing things such as their own philosophy and hunting style. The Cherokee philosophy is known as
"the right way" which is trying to find peace and harmony in every part of their life. Their hunting
weapons included blow guns, bow and arrows and spears, which is mostly weapons that can be
made instantly.When they hunt game and kill an animal they apologize to the animal's spirit that has
just been slain. The traditional Cherokee method of healing was also an important part of Cherokee
culture that involved more than just medicine but also traditional Cherokee rituals. The Cherokee's
culture was greatly affected by colonization because many of the important aspects of their culture
changed.This can be proven from an excerpt from americanhistory.com which states"As British and
French colonial aspirations began to clash, the Cherokee became increasingly important as a buffer
and continued to alternate alliances between the two nations" This is explaining the spark of a war
that was known as the French and Indian war which defied the Cherokee philosophy
completely.Due to colonization the Cherokee were now
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Cherokee Indians Trail Of Tears.pdfCherokee Indians Trail Of Tears

  • 1. Cherokee Indians Trail Of Tears The trail of tears. The Tail of tears was an event that affected the Cherokee Indians very badly. There was a total over 8000 total Indians. There were over 4000 deaths from hunger, disease, and exhaustion. This was Indian Removal in the areas of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. (History) While we were growing, we found an obstacle; there were Cherokee Indians in our way. We thought that this is our land, and we could take over the land because of Manifest Destiny. We thought that the Cherokee Indians were a threat. Then we decided to take over their territory. We thought that since we owned the USA, we could take over their territory. (History) When we took over the Indian's territory, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 3. Essay On Cherokee Indians In the Cherokee tribes, there's a saying about an elderly Cherokee chief who was teaching his grandson about life, "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self–pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self–doubt, and ego. The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too." The young boy questions his grandfather asking which wolf wins. And his grandfather responded "The one you feed" (Cherokee proverb). This saying gets me through my daily life, I tell myself to never feed the evil wolf because that will lead to all the sadness I have fought so hard to get out of. Another way to think of this phrase is how Karma works in this world. With karma, everything you do earns you what she has in store for you. Karma goes by different ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I could mope and cry and be angry with the world or I could calm myself and think about the fact that there are options to slow the degeneration of my vison and there are also ways for it to stop the degeneration. Therefore, at this point I think about the wolves. I could be bitter and find reason to be angry or I can accept that there is nothing I can do now and enjoy the world around me. Since the news of my eye disease I take more time to stop and look at the beautiful things around me, such as the sparkle from freshly fallen snow and purple mountains that leave me in awe. Losing your vision can be hard but I've enjoyed life more now than I had ever before. It has also lead me to want to help people more and try and improve the daily life of anyone I ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 5. Cherokee Indian History Research Paper In the year of 1827 the Cherokee Indians declared themselves a nation by drafting a constitution. "The discovery of gold was made just after the creation and passage of the original Cherokee Constitution" ("A Brief History of the Trail of Tears 1"). Aware that the native Indian land was in danger of being encroached upon by new settlers, the Indians went to the government to create an arrangement to protect their lands. "The Cherokees signed treaties ceding portions of their land to the United States" (Bjornlund 8). From the year of 1780 to the year of 1820 the Cherokee people signed treaties in an attempt to protect their homelands from new settlers moving onto Cherokee land. "Native American leaders believed that signing a treaty–even if ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The government had made multiple attempts to enforce treaties, but the white settlers would not abide by the treaties. Due to the inability to make the settlers and the Indians coexist, the government set aside land in the western region. It was only made worse when, "In 1829 gold was found on Cherokee land in the northwestern part of Georgia, near what is today Dahlonega. Rumors of gold spread quickly, and white settlers rushed into Cherokee lands to make their claims" (Bjornlund 38). It had been strongly encouraged for the Cherokees to move to the west since 1810, but with the spur of the gold rush in 1829, the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. Georgia was the main state for gold, and they were also one of the most aggressive in removing the Indians from their state (Bjornlund 38). In 1828 the government took away all of the rights for the Cherokee people, because they had no rights they could not keep their lands because they could not testify in court to defend themselves or their claims. "Recognizing that they would get no help from the states, John Ross and a group of Cherokee representatives traveled to Washington D.C., to ask for help from Congress" (Bjornlund 39). The Cherokees were requested that the United States Government honor the past treaties to enforce Cherokee land boundaries. "Members of Congress such as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and Davey Crockett defended the Cherokees" (Bjornlund 39). Sadly, with Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States, the Indian Removal Act was passed, causing all Indians to leave their ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 7. Dbq Cherokee Indian Removal All men are equal but not the Cherokees? It was not necessary for the Cherokees to be removed from their land because the Cherokee had many rights and many of them were violated by the government. The Cherokee were trying everything they could to stay in their land but they could not. For they were removed inhumanely while attempting to save their nation from being wiped off the face of the earth. The Cherokee indians were being forced out of the land that rightfully belonged to them. During the indian removal act of 1830 the Cherokee indians were being forced off their land that was rightfully theirs for natural resources,gold, and land that the United States of America said that belonged to them(video). When gold was discovered in Georgia,the Cherokee indians were in danger of being harmed by the whites that were in their land. Andrew Jackson stated,"It would incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier and render adjacent states to repel future invasions."(book 355) Andrew Jackson was explaining the benefits of indian removal but no one was thinking ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Cherokee indians had to stay in the stockades from October to December(video). Disease spread throughout the stockades. When the disease disappeared in December the Cherokee's started to walk to the land west of the Mississippi River. In December the Cherokee indians marched through the snow and ice. Many Native Americans died during the march to their new homes. Andrew Jackson told the Native Americans that they would be in comfort with furnished ferries and covered wagons. Despite these things 15 of the Native Americans died each stop(video) throughout the journey. The government could have treated the Native Americans in a more caring and respectful way. The American government said that they removed the natives for their own good but they just harmed the Cherokee's ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 9. Who Are The Cherokee Indians? Who are the Cherokee Indians? Rachel Prevatt and Page Vue University of North Georgia Authors Note This paper was prepared for HSDA 3110, taught by Dr. McDaniel. Abstract In history classes, students are taught about the Cherokee Indians, who they were and what happened to them. The Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokee Indians to relocate to another location because European settlers wanted their land. What followed was the Trail of Tears, it was a gruesome journey that the Cherokee Indians had to take to the southeastern regions of the United States. Many suffered and died before even reaching the final destination. Remnants of the trail and their housing can still be seen today. The Cherokee Indians were a huge part of the American history, but where are they now? Today, they both lack privilege as well as have some specific privileges because of who they are. It is important to study other cultures and understand who they are, especially when they help make up part of the population of the United States. Why do we not hear about the Cherokee Indians anymore? History of Group in United States The Cherokee Indians lived in what is now America hundreds of years before coming in contact with European settlers. They live in the southeastern region of the United States which is now Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky ("Our History," 2014). It is believed that the Cherokee were derived from a group of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 11. Cherokee Indian Rights Of Passage Analysis Rights of passage are a big part in your life and your relatives. There are many rites of passage and they all differ from each other."The Medicine Bag","The Apache Girl",and the "Cherokee Indians" all have to face their right of passage. "The Medicine Bag" is about a boy named Martin who is given a medicine bag as his right of passage."The Apache Girl" is about a girl named Dachina who's rite of passage leads her into womanhood."The Cherokee Indians" right of passage has the boy sit through the night alone in a forest to show that he is a man. These 3 stories have many similarities and differences in their rites of passage. They also are written in different formats which makes your understanding of the topic different. The "Medicine Bag", ''The Apache Girl", and the "Cherokee Indians" all have very similar rites of passage. They all have to accomplish something to become a woman or a man in their tribe. ''The Apache Girl" and the "Cherokee Indians" both have to show strength and confidence. Dacina has to dance for 10 hours and the "Cherokee Indians" have to sit on a log through the night with a blindfold on. This helps them show that they are strong enough to become a member of the tribe. The ''Medicine Bag'' and the "Cherokee Indians" also have similar rights of passage because they both don't have to face their journey alone. During Martin's right of passage his grandpa passes the bag down to him and during "Cherokee Indians" right of passage their dad sits with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 13. History Of The Cherokee Indians `The Cherokee Indians were a very modern group of Native Americans; they had successfully blended into the American way of life. For example, they made their government like the American way, translated the Bible, and even used American rules for owning property. Life for the Cherokee nation seemed to be going well, but in 1832 they would have to fight for their land. Gold was discovered in Georgia, so Georgians wanted to force the Cherokee Indians out, so they would have more gold. The Cherokee Indians fought in a nonviolent way; they sued. "In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), which followed a similar case from the ear before, Cherokee, Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a sovereign nation and that the state of Georgia ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 15. Essay On Cherokee Indian Removal Two out of three people are discriminated everyday. "Giving someone equal rights does not infringe or take away rights from them, it just makes it illegal to enforce your prejudice and hate." British statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke once said, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." He also said, "All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing." During the Cherokee Indian Removal, the Cherokee Indians were forced to be removed by the U.S. troops because of discovery of gold leading them to be removed, and discrimination towards the Cherokees. First the U.S. troops wanted to remove all Cherokees because of the discovery of gold. In this situation, the Cherokees had valuable land that could be used for farming. This would benefit the White Americans in a way to sell goods. Later, the White Americans had found gold on Cherokee Territory, making it another reason why Andrew Jackson, wanted to remove the Cherokees. Gold was so rare at the time, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The White Americans would reject the Native Americans, by the reason of being greedy, burning their houses and all their belongings (Zwoniter 2009). Although, John Ross, had asked the U.S. Supreme to intervene on the Indian Removal Act, but the U.S. Supreme didn't do so. Until a year later the Supreme Court had declared that Georgia, had violated the Cherokee Nation. However President Jackson refuse to enforce the decision pressuring the Cherokees to leave (Thomas 2011). The Native Americans, were divided between those who wanted to resist the Indian Removal Act, and a Treaty Party for those who wanted to surrender and abandon the west. John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot, signed a Treaty without the authority of Chief Ross, requiring the Cherokee Nation to exchange their land for a load in the Indian Territory and relocate there in a period of two years. (Theda, and Green ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 17. Essay about Cherokee Indians Cherokee Indians The Cherokee Indians were one of the civilized tribes in the United States. They were located in the southeastern part of the U.S. This includes the western parts of North and South Carolina, The northern parts of Alabama and Georgia, Southwest Virginia and the Cumberland basin of Tennessee. It appears the Cherokee settled in 1000 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Their development took place in two stages or phases. The Pisgah which took place 1300 A.D. to 1540 A.D. and the Qualla which took place 1540 A.D. to 1750 A.D. The first period was primitive and the second was influenced by European contact. They were a large tribe that was part of the Iroquian language group even though their language is very different. Despite this the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Now she is allowed to marry. Marriage is looked at as a life long venture. If a man wants to marry a certain woman he has to ask both his and her parents for their permission. If both parents agree then a priest is told. On the morning of the ceremony the priest prays asking for a sign as to whether a couple should marry or not. To get the sign that he is looking for he holds two roots in his hand. If the roots moved together in his hand then it was O.K for a couple to marry. But if the roots did not move or moved together and one died then the marriage would be forbidden. When the roots came together with no problem, the ceremony went on. The priest prayed over the couple and warned them about being unfaithful because if they did then they would go to a "bad place" when they died.1 Divorce did happen but was a rare occurrence. All that had to be done was the dividing of blankets. Priests were allowed to marry but the woman had to be of utmost character. She must be a virgin. She could not be a widow or divorced. Also this marriage has to be approved by seven counselors. Once a couple is married then they can focus on having children. When a woman learns that she is pregnant she tells her husband whom then goes and builds her a place for her last three months of pregnancy. Men were not allowed to be present at the birth of a child unless he was a priest who was invited to pray over the mother while she was in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 19. Cherokee Indians Research Paper Cherokee Indians This is in important essay about cherokee indians these indians are very smart they did lot of good things. They hunted turtles for food and they used their shells for rattles. The language they spoke was iroquoian. In 1838 they had the highest population and it was 400,000 cherokee indians were alive there were a lot different place where cherokee lived. The Cherokee children's the boys liked to go hunting with their dad and the girls their mom showed them what to do in the house. When the men went to hunt they used a blowguns and when they fought in war they used a spear or tomahawk. 1800s 4,000 men and women were killed and now there current population in 1838 was 370,000 a lot of people died in the 1800s. The cherokee ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 21. Nancy Ward's Influence On Cherokee Indians Nanye–hi, or Nancy Ward as she was most common known, was a Cherokee Indian. She was a very determined and respected women. She was born into a powerful family in the Wolf clan, who lived in the hills of what today is Eastern Tennessee. Growing up Nancy Ward was greatly affected by the constant conflict with European settlers and with enemy tribes. This violent impact influenced the strong–willed Nancy Ward to become a significant mediator between the native tribes and European settlers. This impact also let the the change in customs of the Cherokee people. Nancy Ward first married Tsu–la and had two children. During the Battle of Taliwa the Cherokees raided the Creeks. Nancy Ward fought by her husband's side. Many sources say she would chew the lead bullets for his rifle to make them more pointed and deadly on the enemies. When the Creeks killed Ward's husband she picked up his rifle and led a charge that brought victory to the Cherokees. Due to her actions during the raid, the Cherokee clans made Nancy Ward Ghighau which means "Beloved Woman." As Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward was the head of the Women's Council, she sat on the Council of Chiefs, and had complete power over prisoners. These ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Ward voiced her opinion that peace and patience between the Cherokee tribe and settlers was the only way to guarantee survival. Despite Nancy Ward's wisdom, the people of her tribe strongly disagreed with her and warned her against the settlers westward expansion. The Cherokee people wanted to kill the prisoners from the war. As Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward had power over the fate of prisoners. Nancy Ward immediately left the council and saved Lydia Bean, a prisoner who some warriors had already tied to a stake to be burned. Bean stayed with Nancy Ward as her guest until it was safe for her to return home. Bean taught Nancy Ward how to make butter and cheese. This led Nancy Ward to buy her own cattle and introduce cows into Cherokee's ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 23. How Did Andrew Jackson Remove Cherokee Indians When Andrew Jackson became the president of the United States, he had in mind to remove Cherokee Indians from their society and place them on new lands provided by the Louisiana purchase. A bill was signed in 1830, known as the "Indian Removal Bill", which made Cherokees migrate from Georgia, westward of the Mississippi river. The Cherokees had to be moved from their lands because the environment they were leaving in was not suiting them well and they were becoming a threat to the new government established by the United States. On President Andrew Jackson first annual message to Congress, he mentioned that Indians were given an opportunity to get involved in their society, but instead the Cherokees wanted to create their own government within ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 25. Relationship Between The United States And The Cherokee... The United States and the Cherokee Indians The debate over the legality of sovereignty and acquired lands from the native Americans, specifically the Cherokee, has long been debated. The issues involved have included treaties, land sold, and the right of the Government to physically enforce their rules on Indian land "sovereignty". This paper will examine the strategy used by the Federal Governments, the State Governments as well as those of the Cherokee Indians. The three–way relationship as well as the issues will examine how the interpretation of the Constitution changed society prior to the year of 1840. The Cherokee Nation was the largest of Five Civilized Tribes of the southeast. They are a people of Iroquois descent. The ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So when the British government had lost the Revolutionary war, by "right of conquest" the United States won all of England's authority, which included rule over all of the people and land in the Americas. By this reasoning, this rule extended to the Indians that were in fact living on their land. But rather then defend (by another fight) the "right of conquest" against the Indians, Congress wanted to conduct peaceful negotiations with them instead. This brought about the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785 which historically was the very first treaty between the United States and the Cherokee people. The treaty was in fact to promote friendliness and good relations between the U.S. Government and the tribes. The reason also for the treaty was to protect the Cherokee from the intruding states of North Carolina and Georgia. However the treaty was a failure because both North Carolina and Georgia would not support it. The American colonies were quickly expanding and the Federal Government realized that in order to prosper they needed more land. The Government discovered it could regulate Indian land because of a clause in the Constitution of the United States, which transfers "...sole authority over Indian affairs into the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 27. Cherokee Native American Indians and the Trail of Tears Cherokee Native American Indians and the Trail of Tears What made the Cherokee culture distinctive towards others in the Trail of Tears time period was that they had a more peaceful, harmless outlook on the situation. In 1814, Andrew Jackson who would eventually become the President of the United States, had his and his whole army's lives on the line in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend to the British forces when the Cherokee allied with them to win the battle. Surprisingly, 16 years later when Jackson was President of the United States, he made the deciding decision on the controversy of whether or not the Cherokee deserved their land. Jackson completed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, sending the Cherokee out of their own land which they ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They were walking mostly through moist valleys and forests which provided some nutrition and shelter. The weather was overall favorable for the Cherokee during the Trail of Tears. The rivers were also helpful to the Cherokee as a source of food and basis for navigation. Some may wonder why the Cherokee did not fight for their land. Historians suggest that the Cherokee knew America was a more powerful force. They were also a peaceful tribe that didn't wish to start a war, so they instead chose to go and find new land. Based on their belief system they valued peace, not violence. This made the Cherokee distinctive to other tribes involved in the Trail of Tears, because they peacefully left while the other tribes planned to fight until they realized they had a small chance of winning a battle against Jackson and America. The Cherokee knew that America was acting harsh and cruel towards them, but they didn't believe strongly in acts of violence. The Cherokee would also communicate with Jackson occasionally (not often at all) about their progress and health during their voyage. After their long, treacherous voyage, they reached their new land where they had to resettle, and had to start all over again. When the Cherokee resettled, they were a different group with no leaders; everybody became the same during their voyage to new settlement. The Cherokee then became more civilized, and began to fade ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 29. Cherokee And Indian Culture A large part of the formation of our country and Western society involved interaction with tribes of Native Americans that inhabited North America well before Europeans settled it. It started with Spanish conquistadors and explorers, then British colonies which would mold and change into the revolutionized American Colonists. Along this succession, the Indian tribes on the east coast experienced extreme prejudice, regime changes and war. Among these tribes are the Cherokee. The Cherokee were at the forefront of Indian–European relations. They remained strong in the southeast, despite war and epidemic. The Cherokee underwent significant culture changes yet not always by choice. War and disease tore apart the Cherokee as well other tribes but ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 31. Cherokee Indians Stereotypes Analyse the representation of a race, class, gender (or other roles in society) in two feature films or television dramas you have studied. In the movies The Searchers by John Ford in 1956 and Cowboys and Alien by Jon Favreau in 2011 there is a large variation of how race and gender are represented in the movie. Even though these movies are 50 years apart there is are obvious links and differences in how race and gender are portrayed in these two movies. Race in The Searchers is portrayed by marginalising the Cherokee Indians. In The Searchers the Cherokee Indians are portrayed as "childish savages", who hunt and kill "innocent" family's and people and are the antagonists of the movie. However the Westerners are portrayed as the heroes of the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In The Searchers, it displays the women as a dramatic figure who don't know how to fight and are very vulnerable without the male figure, they are also shown as a lower figure then the males. Also when the antagonists go to the Westerners family] house, it displays Lucy (the older sister) realising that they are under attack from an enemy and she begins to let out a loud scream. This is known as the damsel in the distress figure, further portraying the women as a vulnerable figure. Martha (the wife) could be called the servant to the males of the movie. This is displayed in the movie when the reverend arrives at the Westerners house and he begins to ask for items such as water, food, beverages and many more items, Martha never second guesses the reverend and tells him to get it himself, she rather accepts his requests and delivers the necessary items to him. This further portrays the male as the dominant figure and the females as the less dominant figure. Later in the movie after Ethan and Marty have been travelling for almost 4 years it shows Marty trading with some Cherokee Indians trying to get information about the whereabouts of his sister in a more passive and friendly way. However, when Marty is trading with the Indians he doesn't realise but he accidently buys a wife with his trading. This further shows how women in The Searchers are portrayed as a means of trade, which today is just not accepted to any degree. When ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 33. Cherokee Indians Research Paper Cherokee Indians were found in the south and southeast commonly in these states North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, West Virginia/Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Old artifacts show that they lived in this region about 11,000 years ago to the present day and that they had very natural reliable resources that they used on a daily basis. The Cherokee Indians had a well–managed system in which they had villages of 60 or less for housing, the women did the cooking, cleaning, farming/harvesting and the men did the hunting and gathering. In the region where the Cherokee's were known to live at they modified their own weapons, arts/crafts, and clothing also using trees and plants for medicinal uses. The Cherokee Indians were one of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 35. The Myth Of The Cherokee Indians There are many religions in this world and many creation myths that accompany those religions. Each religion has its own unique viewpoint on how the world came to be. The Cherokee myth I have chosen is something that may seem outrageous to the outsider, but it is how the Cherokee Indians have viewed their creation for many years. The Cherokee believed that before their world as they know it began, it was just water. All the animals lived in a land called Galun'lati that was above the water (in the sky), but it was overcrowded. A water beetle, named Dayuni'si, volunteered to explore the water beneath them. Dayuni'si was unable to find solid ground on the surface of the water, but dove below the surface and only found mud. The beetle brought the mud to the water's surface and it began to grow and spread out. This mud became the Earth, as the Cherokee Indians knew it. Later the Earth was tied to the sky with a string at each of the corners ("Native American Myths of Creation"). The Earth was too wet so the animals sent the Great Buzzard from Galun'lati and told him to go and make it ready for them. He flew all around the land, but it was still soft. By the time he had traveled to Cherokee country, he was tired – as his wings flapped the ground, they created mountains and valleys. The animals concluded that the land was too dark so they made the sun and gave it a path to travel on each day from the east to the west. After the plants and animals, humans were created. They ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 37. The Cherokee Indians Essay The Cherokee Indians The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is always associated with the Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee's were by far the largest and most advanced of the tribes when Europeans first arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many tribes to go over background on every one of them, so I'm going to focus on the Cherokee's since many of their ways and customs are so similar to all the other tribes in the East. When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Cherokees occupied a large expanse of territory in the Southeast. Their homeland included mountains and valleys in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountain chain. Their territory ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Cherokees practiced a variety of crafts, including basketwork and stamped pottery. They also carved, out of woods and gourds, masks representing good and evil spirits. These masks were used during their many hunting, agricultural and healing rituals. They held these ceremonies at key times of the year, such as harvest time. Each village was run by two chiefs. The White Chief, or Most Beloved Man helped the villagers make decisions concerning farming, lawmaking, and disputes between individuals, families, or clans. He also played a large role in religious ceremonies. The Red Chief gave advice concerning warfare. One such decision was choosing who would be the War Woman, an honored woman chosen to accompany braves on their war parties. The War Woman did not fight, but helped feed the men, offered them council, and decided which prisoners would live or die. The Red Chief was also in charge of the lacrosse games which were called "little wars." Lacrosse was played within tribes and against other tribes. It is one of the first known friendly competitions between Indian tribes. Hernando de Soto was the first European explorer to come into contact with the Cherokees, when he arrived in their territory in 1540. The Europeans were very impressed with the highly advanced cultures. Relations with outsiders started off ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 39. Cherokee Indians Cherokee Indians Alicia Stephens AIU Abstract In this paper I will discuss the history of the Cherokee Indians in the United States. First by describing the tribes pre–Columbian history to include the settlement dates and known cultural details. Then a brief description of the cultural and religious beliefs of the tribe will be given, as well as the tribe's history after contact with settlers. Finally discussing John Ross, who he was and how he affected the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians The word Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a Choctaw word meaning "Cave People". It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted the adopted by Cherokees in the form of Tsalagi or Jalagi. Traditionally, the people ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Use of a caste system was a part of the Cherokees 'social structures before contacts with whites. The white south created its own social caste system with white planters as the aristocracy and the African slave at the peon (Bullard, F.B. 1989). The colonists who settled in the south were different than their counterparts in the North. The main heritage of the southern colonists was the Celtic in contrast to the English heritage of the colonists who settled in the north. The Celtic heritage these southerner colonists brought to North America from Europe had a profound effect on their folkways as well as influencing their Indian neighbors. Traditional Cherokee lands had incorporated ass of Kentucky, much of Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and a small part of Virginia and what is now West Virginia. The spatial proximity was one reason for the development of an identity with the Southern colonist and their institutions and traditions (Bullard, F.B. 1989). Indian agent for the United States, George Butler, commented that he felt the majority of the material progress in the Indian Territory was a result of slavery. The age of masters measured in the distribution in slaves provides evidence for the upward mobility of slavery for the Cherokee. The principal difference from the white south was the treatment of slaves in the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee avoided mistreatment of the slaves and Major Ridge's wife ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 41. The Cherokee Indian Removal Of The Cherokee Isabelle Grala 7th Period Walley Removal of The Cherokee In 1838, the Cherokee Indian Removal Act forced Cherokee and Creek Indians out of Georgia on a 5,045 mile walk all the way to the farthest west land that the United States had at the time, Oklahoma[1]. This event is now known as The Trail of Tears known for the many tears shed by the Indians that had to travel on the trail. The main reason for their removal from the premises was because of the gold that was discovered in the land of the now Hall County or Dahlonega. People have their opinions on whether the Creek and Cherokee should have been removed, to be honest, I am on the fence about this topic. I can recognize the great injustice that was made to the Indians but I also see that this action allowed for growth in Georgia and its economy, which contributed to growth for the United States as a whole. If I had to choose, I would say that the Cherokee Indians should not have been removed from their territory. For one, they were settled in their land before the english came and were in a way civilized. Two, the Indian Removal Act should never have been approved and was invalid for a few reasons. And finally, it was immoral to remove them from their land and didn't have any right to do so. The English people, travelled across the ocean to get to a new land that they called America. They travelled and claimed the land that they wanted, they settled in, they succeeded from their home country, had a revolution, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 43. The Cherokee Indians Introduction: Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis. What was their shelter like? To start off, most people figure that the Cherokee Indians lived in tee–pees, but they did not. They lived in homes built out of mud and other materials around. By the 1700s they lived in cozy log cabins that they had built themselves. Although most of them lived in cabins, a tiny population lived in clapboard houses. Other than the help from Sweden, the log cabins you and me see in the Untied States of America in our daily life 's originated from the Cherokee Indians! Isn 't that cool?! Where were they located? The Cherokee Indians were mainly know for living in the southeastern part of the United States of America. But they had moved around several different areas before they discovered their so thought "forever home." They lived there until they were forced to leave to Oklahoma during the trail of tears. Lots of us have heard of the "Smokey Mountains," and the Smokey Mountains is where the Cherokee Indians were famous for living at. Now the area they ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 45. Cherokee Indian Benefits If you don't know the history about the Cherokee indians I am going to tell you in my essay. In my opinion i feel that the best chance of survival is to just accept new tribal lands and move west. After all the research about the Cherokee indians i feel if they want they tribe to be safe is to flea their land. The reasons i say the Cherokee should leave is because if they do leave they will be given 5,000,000 dollars and 7,000,000 acres of land. Another reason they should accept to move to the west is to prevent their tribe from being terminated by president andrew jackson by being attacked. More Reasons why the Cherokee should leave their land because if they leave they wouldn't have to try to copy the white settlers and they can start ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The reason is because they would receive 5,000,000 dollars to start over in the west. When the Cherokee receive the 5,000,000 for leaving they can buy some of the stuff they had on there old land. They will be able to buy some materials for new places to live.They will be able to buy some food for their tribe. Even though they won't be able to get there gold back they still will be rich in dollar bills. Also they will receive 7,000,000 acres of land. On the other side of the argument there is a resist side. The resist side is telling them to resist because the Cherokee was their first,and there forefathers inherited that land,and that they was already rich in gold and nutrients. I said accept instead of resist because there tribe will become extinct and die out because the U.S Government will attack the Cherokee. Some more reasons the Cherokee should leave is if they don't they will be attacked and terminated by the Government. The Cherokee will be doomed because they wouldn't have no more children and their tribe will be extinct. Some evidence of what Major Ridge said is " accept his offer or Risk the terminations of their tribe". He said that because if the Government attack the cherokee they will be destroyed because the cherokee doesn't have the weapons the government ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 47. The Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are indigenous of parts of the Southeastern United States. They have members all the way south as Georgia and are spread out across the Appalachian mountain trail in both North and South Carolina and stretching across into Tennessee. The land in which each tribe is from has a particular way is shaping how they live and defines the important aspects of that culture. In the Eighteenth Century the Cherokee Indians were one of the most heavily populated Indian societies in the Southeastern United States. These Indians have many unique political and spiritual ideas and world views. Almost all Cherokee Indians were involuntary made to pick up and relocate to Oklahoma in the 1800's. Some Cherokee Indian escaped the Trail of Tears by staying out of site in the Appalachian mountains. The Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for what the Americans called Indian Removal. During the 1800 's, the US government created an "Indian Territory" in Oklahoma and forced all native american tribes to go live there. The Americans forced Cherokees to move even though many tribes did not agree to this plan. The Cherokee Indians were one of the most heavily populated of the southeast and did not agree to simply give up their land. The Cherokee Indians had been harmonious to the Americans so they inquired for some help. It was decided that the Cherokee Indians could be able to keep their land. Regardless President Andrew Jackson and his army ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 49. Cherokee Indian Removal Analysis The Cherokee Nation flourished in 1838 through Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. They had their own newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix, they grew corn and cotton, raised hogs and cattle, and they lived in log houses. The Cherokee Indians lived in peace, up until October of 1838. Cherokees were forced out of their homes and held at gunpoint by 7,000 soldiers, an order from President Martin Van Buren who was pressured by Georgia. Eighteen thousand Indians were pressured to march from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina to the Indian territory in present–day Oklahoma. Approximately 4,000 Cherokee Indians, mostly children and the elderly, died on this march which became known as "Nunahi–Duna–Dlo–Hilu–I" or "trail ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is not known how many died on the journey, but the trip was especially hard on infants, children, and the elderly. Missionary doctor Elizur Butler, who accompanied the Cherokees, estimated that over 4,000 died–nearly one–fifth of the Cherokee population. Some slaves also died on the Trail of Tears. In the end, the U.S. government never even paid the $5 million promised to the Cherokees in the Treaty of New Echota. The Cherokee Nation tried to adapt to the new environment and re– established their own system of government, similar to that of the United States. John Ross was elected as the Principal Chief of the reconstituted Cherokee Nation. The Trail of Tears was a devastating forced march of 800 miles of the Cherokee Nation. Andrew Jackson strongly believed that the removal of Indians from the east would benefit the nation and the Cherokees. In reality, only the United States benefited from the removal and many Cherokees suffered and died and, in the end, did not get what they were promised. Even then the Cherokees remained strong, kept their beliefs, and continued to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 51. The Cherokee Indians By Hernando De Soto The Cherokee Indians lived in North American far longer than any other British decent or human being. Still they were compelled to move from their property (land), which was done in a fierce way, which had been theirs for quite a long time and hundreds of years. This excursion of evacuation was known as the Trail of Tears, and this paper will demonstrate the impacts this moved had on the Cherokee individuals. It will let you know how they lived before they were compel to moved, clarify the occasions that prompted to their evacuation, states of their travel, and what happen to the Cherokee individuals after the Trail of tears. The local individuals of North America lived in peace for a long time. Nevertheless the lives of the Native America came to a shocking stop in 1540. This was the year that Hernando De Soto came into contact with the local individuals of North American. The locals, known as Indians, would interact with pioneers from around the globe that need their property for themselves or their nation. The local would inevitably embrace a portion of the outsiders ' ways. They would even venture to battle in a portion of the pioneer wars. This was demonstrated not to be a smart thought for them on the grounds that in the event that they were on the losing side, the outcomes were the lost of their property. Through the nineteenth century around one hundred thousand Indians were compel to move westbound far from their territory. There were five Indian tribes that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 53. My Tribe : The Cherokee Indians My tribe the Cherokee Indians lived in Nashville, Tennessee in 1838 (Perdue). It is from this area that I was forced from my home along with my family. The white man known as the government were the ones forcing my tribe from our sacred land. The white man marched my family and tribe by foot from Tennessee to Oklahoma. On this march many of my people died. The pain I faced along with the other thousands of my people is the reason many Indians call the march from Tennessee to Oklahoma the Trail of Tears. Here is my story, about the heartache I felt along this Trail of Tears. Heartache of the Trail of Tears My name is Mathara (Marie), and I am a Cherokee Indian. My story it begins in the spring. The leaves are on the trees. I am playing with my friends when the white men ride up to our home. I became very frightened when my mother called in earnest for me to come and gather some of my belongings. I was confused. My mother told me as the men rode off that we must leave these lands and move to new lands. I felt so many emotions from angry to sad because I loved my home and did not want to leave. There was nothing my mother, father, or I could do. How could this be happening, one minute I was happily playing with my friends and now I was being driven from my home. We walked what seemed like a very long distance. I felt at any moment I would hit the ground I was so tired. The soldiers led us to stockades. I now knew what cattle must have felt like as we were ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 55. Iroquoian Linguistic Family: The Cherokee Indians The Cherokee Indians are from the Iroquoian linguistic family. Much of their economy, is based on intensive agriculture, mainly of corn, beans, and squash while the typical hunted animals were dear, bear, and wild turkey. Corn was so important to them, they even had a ceremony when the corn began to get ripe in hopes that the corn would continue to grow. The tribe itself was divided into seven matrilineal clans that were dispersed in war and peace they were also known as the half tribes. The people lived in numerous villages, some which belonged to the war of moiety, and some to the part of the peace moiety. The Cherokee lived in towns of 30 to 60 houses and large council house. The houses in the towns, weren't as large, being only one, two, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 57. Pocahontas: A Brief History Of The Cherokee Indians For this research paper, I am providing you with the history of the Cherokee Indians. I have Cherokee Indian in my blood. My father's family is fully Cherokee Indian. Both my Mother and my Father resided in North Carolina. Except on my Mother's side, she isn't any Native American of any kind. I am doing my research paper on the Cherokee Indians because it always perks my interest in hearing about my ancestors and what they did. The Cherokee Indians trace back somewhere around 10,000 B.C. If you've ever seen the movie Pocahontas, that can give you somewhat a good visual to what the Cherokee Indians were like. Dating back to the B.C. and A.C. days, Indians did their own way of living. They didn't conform to anyone else and made up their own ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 59. The Cherokee Indians: The Trail Of Tears The Cherokee is a Native American tribe local to the Southeastern United States. The Cherokee Indians were one of the main tribes of the five Native American tribes, they were initially from the Great Lakes territory, but then eventually established closer to the east coast. The Cherokee name translates into "those who live in the mountains". They were religious individuals who always believed in spirits, they performed rituals in order to ask the spirits to help them. In 1836, the United States and the state of Georgia forced the Cherokee Indian tribe to leave their home in Georgia and move on to the West. Long story short, the tribe did not want to move, and they also trusted that they had the legal right to stay. In the early 1830's this disagreement brought two movements at law in the Supreme Court ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The United States government established an Indian Territory in Oklahoma and directed all of the eastern Native American tribes to go and live there, some tribes enthusiastically agreed to this plan, some other tribes did not concur. For those who did not agree with the moving, the the American army had to force them. The Cherokee tribe, was the main tribe who did not want to move. While living in the East, they made treaties with the Americans. Some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears by hiding in the Appalachian hills or also by taking shelter with some sympathetic white neighbors. The Cherokees were peaceful allies of the Americans, they later on asked the Supreme Court for help. The judges decided that they could stay in their homes, but Andrew Jackson sent the army to march the Cherokees to Oklahoma anyways. Andrew Jackson was an American Statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. At one point Jackson and the Cherokee were allies. Descendants of the Cherokee Indians who survived the death march still live in Oklahoma ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 61. Indian Removal Of The Cherokee Indians They cried, they wept, they grew stronger. It was a story of hope, courage, and survival. This was the Trail of Tears. Many events led up to the Cherokee's removal. The Indian Removal caused the Cherokee indians to move west. A man named Major Ridge struck lots of bargains with the United States. This man, Major Ridge, was one of the native sons, born in 1771, that lived in the Cherokee territory. The Cherokee's lived in the Christians Eden because they believe their ancestors once lived in the same area. Throughout Major Ridge's youth years, the Shawnees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, the Creeks, and the United States endangered the Cherokees. Mr. Ridge and his family watched his town get burnt down by riflemen due to picking the wrong side during the American Revolution. The Cherokees watched their world change all around them. The Cherokee population dwindled to 12,000 in 1805, and lost over half their precious land. The United States wanted the Cherokees land, and for them to move west. The Americans offered a path for them to walk down. The Americans developed a policy called civilization which taught the Cherokees how to grow wheat; how to eat meals at regular set times instead of when ever they pleased, how to dress; how to speak English; how to pray in church at certain set times. The United States wanted all the tribes to be equivalent of their white neighbors. Thomas Jefferson states that they could be equal to the whites. John Ross was the future Cherokee chief; he grew ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 63. Cherokee Indian Research Paper I'm Nancy ward I am an Indian from the Cherokee nation. I'm considered a beloved women by the Cherokee nation. I talk about peace to the nation and set orders with the chief of the Cherokee nation. I was born in the year 1738. My mother's name is Tame doe I don't know who my father is. I was married twice my first husband was kingfisher. We had 3 children. After my husbands death I got married again to my cousin. My cousin and I had 2 girls. I was called wild rose by my mother. They had given me the name of ghigau because of my bravery. The battle of taliwa (1755) my husband Kingfisher died in this battle. I took my husband's rifle and rallied the warriors to victory. (Ball ground, Georgia 1755) I Became a member of the tribal council of chief ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 65. Cherokee Indians And Native American Tribes Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional songs, dances, and food. The Cherokee people have been identified as one of the most socially and culturally advanced of all other Native American tribes. Artifacts have been found that Indicate that they lived a little over 11,000 years ago but it is unknown of how long the Cherokee have actually existed. Research is still being done to determine ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Their religion is based on thanking mother earth for providing all that is needed to stay alive. The Cherokee language has 3 principal dialects. A'Tali or also called the upper principle is spoken throughout Northern Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina and is exclusively used in the native literature of the tribe. Kituwah or also known as the middle principle is spoken chiefly on the waters of the Tuckasegee River in western North Carolina and is now prevailing dialect on the east Cherokee Reservation. Elati also known as the lower principle and is spoken on the heads of the savannah river, in South Carolina and Georgia and was the only dialect to have the "R" sound, which is now extinct. Many of the Cherokee's 12,000 tribe members still use this language today. The Foods in the Cherokee Nation all had a purpose. Corn, beans, and squash were also known as "The 3 Sisters" that grew in their fields. Corn was made into flat breads, beans and squash were used for soups and stews. There are many traditional cherokee dishes, which include Bean Bread, Fried Hominy, Grape Dumplings, Cherokee bread pudding, and many others(Recipes). Most of the cooking vessels were made of clay, and food was sometimes put under hot coals for cooking. Most foods ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 67. The Principle People Of God: The Cherokee Indian Culture Back in the 1800s, the Cherokee Indian culture worshiped the sun. The Cherokee would pray to the sun to bring abundant crops and good health. The Cherokee Indians held a festival called the New Moon Festival in which they paid honor to the moon. The name for the Cherokee People is "A ni yun wi yah", which in English it means "The Principle People" or akin to "The People of God." The devotion of the Cherokee people was to the Supreme Holy Spirit who could not be looked upon and whose energy was the fire of all creation and the fire of all life and who resided in the heavens and on earth through purified people. They were rigidly non idolaters and neither would they observe any religious images among them or keep idolatrous religious ceremonies. Instead the Cherokee people adored the one Great Spirit, God, who they described "the only Giver and Taker of life." They were devoted to a higher principled way of living according to their ancient religious beliefs of the one benevolent God. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Paganism is when people worship processes instead of the Creator, God Himself. Pagan means someone who is ignorant with God. The Cherokees never gave special adoration of worship to any images, dead men, evil spirits, extraterrestrial luminaries or any human–created being or personage. A body would be buried before the sun went down, time permitting. Detractors from other Native American tribes, then the European Westerners, tended to believe the myth that the religion of the Cherokee Indians was no more than primitive emotion and pagan ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 69. Dbq Cherokee Indians The Cherokees were natives to the new land before the europeans came to colonized it. There were only 6 to 7 souls per square mile in the state of North Carolina the Cherokees lived in peace as said in Doc 3 "a state having but 6 to 7 souls to a square mile." The Cherokees had gender roles in their tribes As said in the background, "Women performed most of the farm duties, raising corn and the beans, where men hunted deer and turkey and caught fish to complete their diets". The cherokees usually relied so much on buffalo and deer for their source of main protein, this cause all the buffalo and deer to move westward and leaving the cherokees less with food as said in document 2 "You lived by hunting the deer and buffalo all these have been ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The law was passed that all Natives had to leave. Cherokees believed even if they stayed they would still have to deal with all the troublesome White neighbors, therefore their best option was to leave. There was nothing they could do because the whites were too powerful as said in doc 5. "It is argued that they can never remain quiet where they are;n that they will always be infested by troublesome whites; and that the states, which lay claim their territory, will always preserve in measures to vex and annoy them." The Natives didn't understand why the white people wanted them gone so bad, because the white people tried so hard to change the Natives culture to make them act like the white people. The Natives changed they way they acted, worked, and how they looked. In doc 7 it says " The Cherokees have been reclaimed from their wild habits. Instead of hunters, they have become the cultivators of the soil instead of wild and ferocious savages, thirsting for blood, they become the mild "citizens." The Cherokees were really upset, because not only were they leaving what had now become their norm they were also leaving their land which had been passed down through their family. The Cherokees started a petition to the United States asking for them to fulfill their treaty they had made. In doc 9. It says " Cherokee people used no violence but humbly petitioned the Government of the United States for a fulfillment of treaty ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 71. Cherokee Indians Research Paper Cherokee Indians As stated in the "Cherokees," Robert J. Conley said, "Cherokees are a Native American people whose ancestral lands were a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States." They adapt to their surroundings rapidly when they settle in the southeast. These lands are very helpful for the Cherokee Indians to survive. Some factors of the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee Indians, are their advanced tools and weapons, their variations of clothing, and their religion. The advanced tools and weapons help the Cherokee Indians live. Bows and arrows are commonly used throughout the Cherokee Tribe. According to the article "Native American Indian Weapons," they are used for hunting, fishing, and sometimes war. The Cherokees ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Cherokees are very spiritual; therefore, they are one of the most religious Native American Tribes. The Indians have two basic views concerning the origin of the earth, for that reason the Cherokee Nation is separated into two groups. The main factor for the separation is how one believes in certain aspects of religion. For an example, one group has the notion that everything is created and protected from the sun. On the other hand, the other group assumes the theory of 'three beings who were always together and of the same mind' ("Cherokee" 252). The Cherokee Indians believed strongly in their religion as well as the spiritual component. Therefore, this tribe practices several religious rituals to demonstrate their beliefs ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 73. Indian Removal : The Cherokee, Jackson, And The Trail Of... Trail of Tears BRIA 21 1 c Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the "Trail of Tears" CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION Bill of Rights in Action Winter 2004 (21:1) Executive Power BRIA 21: 1 Home | Machiavelli and The Prince | Detaining U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants | Jackson and Indian Removal Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the "Trail of Tears" President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of removing the Cherokees and other Southeastern tribes from their homelands to the unsettled West. For a thousand years before Europeans came to North America, the Cherokees occupied a large area where the states of Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia now come together. They inhabited over 50 towns. Cherokee women tended crops while the men hunted and made war. Each town had a council, usually made up of a religious leader and elders. The council discussed important matters such as going to war against an enemy tribe. The council members and people of the town debated an issue until they agreed on what to do. Traditionally, no tribal government or chief held authority over all the Cherokees. But in 1721, South Carolina colonists succeeded in persuading the Cherokees to choose a principal chief for the entire tribe to negotiate selling some of its hunting grounds. After the French and Indian War, the British tried to ban any further white settlement on Native American lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. But colonists kept moving ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 75. Colonialism Of Cherokees And The Cherokee Indians And... Throughout history, we see various forms of colonialism that have happened in the world. Multiple groups of people were affected by this act of colonizing. An example of the groups that were affected would include the Cherokees and the Mayans. Both of these groups of people experienced colonialism in similar ways, either by adaptation or resistance nevertheless they still had their differences. Although both the Cherokees and the Mayans experience of colonialism occurred in different time periods, their use of adaptation was used as a source of defense against their invaders. An example of this would be the way Cherokee women reacted to the building of mission schools on Cherokee land. They first viewed it as a threat to their role as Cherokee mothers. Once they began to understand the expectations and goals the missionaries had, they maneuvered their children around these white standards to keep their security while still having them in school. (Smith, 404). They found the benefit if they conformed to this idea of civilized behavior the Europeans had. However, the Mayans didn't encounter the use of schools on their land rather they encountered the use of labor. The use of forced labor was often applied, but the Cakchiquel (a certain group of Mayans) found a way around it by using the tacagual and peyobal methods. The tacagual method was where one Indian would pay another to do his work, while the peyobal method was where an Indian would pay his town justices to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 77. How Did The French And Indian Culture Affect The Cherokee... The Cherokee was one of the many native american tribes that was affected by the arrival of the europeans and colonization. The Cherokee culture was a typical culture like any other native american tribe. They spoke the language that is known as Tsalagi. They harvested beans, corn and squash most commonly known to Cherokee as "The Three Sisters". They also had their own ways of doing things such as their own philosophy and hunting style. The Cherokee philosophy is known as "the right way" which is trying to find peace and harmony in every part of their life. Their hunting weapons included blow guns, bow and arrows and spears, which is mostly weapons that can be made instantly.When they hunt game and kill an animal they apologize to the animal's spirit that has just been slain. The traditional Cherokee method of healing was also an important part of Cherokee culture that involved more than just medicine but also traditional Cherokee rituals. The Cherokee's culture was greatly affected by colonization because many of the important aspects of their culture changed.This can be proven from an excerpt from americanhistory.com which states"As British and French colonial aspirations began to clash, the Cherokee became increasingly important as a buffer and continued to alternate alliances between the two nations" This is explaining the spark of a war that was known as the French and Indian war which defied the Cherokee philosophy completely.Due to colonization the Cherokee were now ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...