| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023080 |
| Organization name | Cherokee indians |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | An Iroquoian tribe residing in the Southeastern United States, although oral tradition states they emigrated from the Great Lakes. The only Iroquoian-speaking member of the five “Civilized Tribes”—Native American groups who to an extent adopted Euopean culture and technology—the Cherokee adapted their government into the form of a written constitution, and in 1821 developed an easy-to-learn written language. Despite their efforts at acculturation and services to Americans during the 1813 Creek War, however, President Jackson demanded major land concessions and the state of Georgia refused to acknowledge Cherokee land titles. The tribe was eventually coerced into signing the Treaty of New Echota (1835), which agreed to Oklahoma resettlement and launched the Trail of Tears in 1838. After marching across Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, the Cherokee finally settled around Tahlequah, Oklahoma months later. |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee;http://www.tolatsga.org/Cherokee2.html |
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
Joseph Moore's Journal
Letter from Tobias Lear to Quakers
Letter to the Cherokee Nation from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793
A series of letters written on a Journey to the Oneida, Onondago, and Cayuga Tribes of the Five Nations, by Joseph Sansom