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How did the Cherokee nation resist removal to the Indian territory?
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∙ 8y ago
they broke treaties and massacred Americans
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∙ 9y agoMany Cherokee believed that they could avoid removal by adopting the contemporary culture of white people. They invited missionaries to set up schools where Cherokee children learned how to read and write in English. They soon developed their own government modeled after the U.S. Constitution with an election system, a bicameral council, and a court system all headed by a principle chief.
Definition of contemporary : existing at the same time
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∙ 12y agoThey brought a case against the state to a federal court
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∙ 11y agoThey brought a case against the state to a federal court
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∙ 9y agoThey tried to adopt white culture so that they could stay. The U.S. still wanted them removed due to gold that was found in Cherokee territory.
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What court case dealt with the Cherokee's attemt to fight the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
What has the author Barbara L Benge written?
Barbara L. Benge has written: 'The 1890 Cherokee Nation census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)' -- subject(s): Census, 1890, Cherokee Indians, Genealogy 'The 1880 Cherokee Nation census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)' -- subject(s): Census, 1880, Cherokee Indians, Genealogy
What were the Cherokee Indian fashion?
About 200 years ago the Cherokee Indians were one tribe, or "Indian Nation" that lived in the southeast part of what is now the United States. During the 1830's and 1840's, the period covered by the Indian Removal Act, many Cherokees were moved west to a territory that is now the State of Oklahoma.
How was the indian removal act violated on many occasions?
Many tribes signed the removal treaties. However, the Cherokee Nation refused and fought the government in courts.
Where did the Indian removal policies force native Americans to go in the US?
Reservations. The Trail of Tears was the Cherokee nation walking from Georgia to Oklahoma because of the removal to the reservation in Oklahoma.
What Cherokee leader fought Indian Removal in the US Supreme Court?
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 US 1 (1831)Cherokee Chief John Ross fought the removal of native Americans through the US Supreme Court, and petitions to congress.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
When did the Cherokee Nation agree to an alliance with the Confederacy?
The Cherokee Nation had been mistreated by Washington DC for decades. Their harsh removal to the "Oklahoma" territory was terrible. In October of 1861, they signed an agreement with the Confederacy in hopes of getting a better deal if the South could win its independence.
How did John Ross argue against the removal of the Cherokees?
He lobbied against the passage of the Indian Removal Act and gained the support of some prominent Whigs, but it passed. He filed suit in the Supreme Court against the state of Georgia in protest of state laws that punished the Cherokee. The Court ruled that state laws did not apply to Indian affairs but that did not help the Cherokee where federal law was concerned. He tried to get a treaty approved that would delay the removal of the Cherokee but another faction in the Cherokee nation signed a different treaty that agreed to the removal.
What year did the Cherokee Trail of Tears begin?
After much haggling over the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee nation was removed forcibly from their legal home in New Echota, Georgia to Oklahoma in the winter of 1838-1839.
Was Sam Houston adopted?
Yes, he was adopted into the Cherokee Indian Nation.
Which of e following was not an original plains Indian tribe?
Cherokee Nation
What court case led to the Indian Removal Act?
No "case" led to the passage of the Indian removal Act; however 2 cases resulted from this act. Most important was Cherokee Nation VS Georgia 30 US 1, 5 (1831) (see links) and Worcester VS Georgia 31 US 515 (8 L.Ed 483) (1832).
