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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief John Ross took a petition to Congress in 1838 protesting the U.S. government's planned removal of the Cherokees from their homelands in the southeast. He was accompanied by Whitepath and other officials. The petition bore the signatures of nearly 16,000 Cherokee Nation citizens, many written in the Cherokee syllabary, the Cherokee's own written language. The petition fell on deaf ears and the tribe's forcible removal began later that year.

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Q: Who was the chief o the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?
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Who was the Cherokee chief who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?

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