The document discusses the five remaining large tribes east of the Mississippi River, highlighting their origins and names. It focuses on the Cherokee tribe's assimilation, governance, and efforts to resist land removal, as well as the broader context of Native American removal acts orchestrated by President Jackson. The struggles faced by the tribes, including forced relocation and the resulting deaths, are emphasized alongside the opposition from religious groups like the Quakers.

1. By: Ethan, Mariha, Philip, and Andrew

2.  There are five remaining large tribes living east
of the Mississippi River:
 Cherokees
 Creeks
 Choctaws
 Chickasaws
 Seminoles

3.  The Cherokees are original residents of the
American southeast region, particularly;
 Georgia
 North and South Carolina
 Virginia
 Kentucky
 Tennessee
 The Cherokee name comes from a Muskogee
word meaning 'speakers of another language.

4.  The Choctaws (CHOCK-taw) are original
people of the American southeast, particularly;
 Mississippi
 Alabama
 Louisiana
 Florida.
 Their name comes from their own tribal name,
Chahta, which was the name of a legendary
Choctaw leader

5.  The Chickasaws (CHICK-a-saw) are original
people of the American southeast, particularly;
 Mississippi
 Alabama
 Tennessee
 Kentucky
 Missouri.
 Their name comes from their own tribal name,
Chikasha, which was the name of a legendary
Chickasaw leader

6.  Seminoles (SHE-minn-ole) are a tribe formed
from the Creeks, Miccosukees, Hitchitis and
Oconees joining together for protection.
Their name comes from a Spanish word
meaning "wild.“

7.  The Cherokee Nation was  Intermarriages between
greatly assimilated into Americans and Native
American culture. Americans were not
 By the late 1820’s, they uncommon. Many Native
had developed a Americans even converted
functioning government to Christianity.
with a bicameral
legislation, a constitution,
and a supreme court.

8.  Cherokee fought in a
supreme court case to stay
in their lands in Georgia
and to keep their
sovereignty.
 Many Cherokee were very
prosperous in life. They
were successful farmers,
business owners, and
some even owned slaves.
This kind of integration
did not sit well with many
whites.

9.  The Native American Removal Act gave
Jackson the power to force the Native
Americans to give their land to the U.S.

10.  The Americans used unscrupulous tactics in
order to get many tribes to accept the
agreement.


11.  Chief Black Hawk
was one of the 1st
victims of the federal
government’s
“persuasive” tactics.
 Most Americans
thought of Native
Americans as racially
inferior.

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like when the Native
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13. The removal act and
the court case of 1832
One problem with the removal
act was forced moving west
was thousands of Cherokees
died.
Religious groups such as the
Quakers also opposed forced
removal of Native Americans .
chief John Marshall led the
Cherokees so they would not
be push to Georgia.
So now the Americans round
them up in push the native
Americans in a camp and one
/ forth died in the camp
The native Americans won the
court case in 1832 but
president Jackson pushed
them to Georgia anyway .