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Cherokee Nation (1794–1907)

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and their descendants. The nation was recognized as a sovereign government; because the majority of its leaders allied with the Confederacy, the United States required a new peace treaty after the American Civil War, which also provided for emancipation of Cherokee slaves. The territory was partially
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extended the provisions of the Dawes Act to the Five Tribes, in preparation for the admission of Oklahoma as a state in 1907. It provided for the distribution of tribal lands to individuals and also gave the federal government the authority to determine who were members of each tribe. The Curtis Act
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in the Confederate States, including those held by the Cherokee. In reaching peace with the Cherokee, the U.S. government required the freedom of their slaves and full Cherokee citizenship for those who wanted to stay with the nation. This was later guaranteed in 1866 under a treaty with the United
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A 2020 study contrasted the successful distribution of free land to former slaves in the Cherokee Nation with the failure to give former slaves in the Confederacy free land. The study found that even though levels of inequality in 1860 were similar in the Cherokee Nation and the Confederacy, former
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area, which included the Cherokee Nation–West. There were seven officially recognized battles involving Native American units, who were either allied with the Confederate States of America or loyal to the United States government. 3,000 out of 21,000 members served as a soldier in the Confederacy.
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were slaveholders and shared some values with Southern plantation owners. Watie thought it best for the Cherokee to side with the Confederacy, while Ross thought it better to remain neutral. This split was due to the Union's and Southern state's involvement of the Trail of Tears, which complicated
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and failed. The tribal government of the Cherokee Nation was dissolved in 1906. After this, the structure and function of the tribal government were not formally defined. The federal government occasionally designated chiefs of a provisional "Cherokee Nation", but usually just long enough to sign
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The Cherokee Nation—East had first created electoral districts in 1817. By 1822, the Cherokee Supreme Court was founded. Lastly, the Cherokee Nation adopted a written constitution in 1827 that created a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The Principal Chief was
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to Kansas in 1839. After Kansas became a state and the Civil War ended, European-American settlers pushed out the Native Americans. Like the Delaware, the two Chippewa bands were relocated to the Cherokee Nation in 1866. They were so few in number that they eventually merged with the Cherokee.
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developed in their former territory. By the mid-eighteenth century, the Natchez people were defeated by French colonists and dispersed from there. Many survivors had been sold (by the French) into slavery in the West Indies. Others took refuge with allied tribes, one of which was the Cherokee.
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to bolster the treaties and forcibly free up title to the lands desired by the states. At this time, one-third of the remaining Native Americans left voluntarily, especially because the act was being enforced by use of government troops and the Georgia militia. Although
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Designed by architect C. W. Goodlander in the 'late Italianate' style, the Cherokee National Capitol was constructed between 1867 and 1869. Originally, it housed the nation's court as well as other offices. In 1961, the US Department of Interior designated it a
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All Native people residing in Indian Territory were granted US citizenship under an act (31 Stat. 1447) of March 3, 1901. The Cherokee Nation entered an allotment agreement in 1902, which provided that each tribal citizen would receive forty acres as a
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As the shortcomings of the arrangement became increasingly evident to the Cherokee, a demand arose for the formation of a more permanent and accountable tribal government. New administrations at the federal level also recognized this issue, and the
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region. Various leaders were periodically appointed (by mutual consent of the towns) to represent the towns or bands to French, British and, later, United States authorities as was needed. The Cherokee knew this leader as "First Beloved Man" —or
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provided that residents of Indian Territory had voting rights in local elections. Cherokee people, who were living in Indian Territory in 1901, were granted United States citizenship by virtue of a federal act (31 Stat. 1447) of March 3, 1901.
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was not approved by the Cherokee National Council nor signed by Principal Chief John Ross, it was amended and ratified in March 1836, and became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears.
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black slaves prospered in the Cherokee Nation over the next decades. The Cherokee Nation had lower levels of racial inequality where blacks saw higher incomes, higher literacy rates, and greater school attendance.
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in the region to the brink of extinction. Americans introduced pig and cattle raising, and these animals replaced deer as the principal sources of meat. The Americans supplied the tribes with
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later developed at the site. Indications of Cherokee influence found in and about Tahlequah. For example, street signs appear in both the Cherokee language—in the
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This list of historic people includes only documented Cherokee living in, or born into, the original Cherokee Nation who are not mentioned in the main article:
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of 1934, encouraging tribes to re-establish governments and supporting more self-determination. The Cherokee convened a general convention on 8 August 1938 in
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elected by the National Council, which was the legislature of the Nation. A similar constitution was adopted by the Cherokee Nation—West in 1833.
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the nation's political outlook. Within the first year of the war, general consensus in the nation moved towards siding with the Confederacy.
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Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes: Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives
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In 1869, the Cherokee Nation and Loyal Shawnee agreed that 722 of the Shawnee would be granted Cherokee citizenship. They settled in
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had made short-staple cotton profitable, and it could be cultivated in the uplands of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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of the people, formal education of the young, and introduction of European-American farming methods. In 1801 they invited
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system. The people lived in towns located in scattered autonomous tribal areas related by kinship throughout the southern
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Founded in 1838, Tahlequah was developed as the new capital of a united Cherokee Nation. It was named after the historic
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well after the Confederacy had abandoned the area. He became the last Confederate general to surrender—on June 25, 1865.
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and tried to convince the Cherokee to move there voluntarily. The reservation boundaries extended from north of the
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The Natchez are a Native American people who originally lived in the Natchez Bluffs area. The present-day city of
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of the former Confederate States overseen by military officers and governors appointed by the federal government.
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named Canadian, Cooweescoowee, Delaware, Flint, Goingsnake, Illinois, Saline, Sequoyah, and Tahlequah (capital).
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in 1905 that would have a Native American constitution and government. The proposal received a cool reception in
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chose to stay with the tribe, as the US had done for enslaved African Americans. The area was made part of the
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was recognized as a chief by the United States government, but not by the majority of Cherokee peoples.
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The chief's function was to serve as focal point for negotiations with the encroaching Europeans.
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The Nation was made up of scattered peoples mostly living in the Cherokee Nation–West and the
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Southeastern U.S. and Indian territories, including Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw; 1806
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Hauptman, Laurence M. (1995). "The General, The Western Cherokee and the Lost Cause".
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Several prominent members of the Cherokee Nation made contributions during the war:
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Most of the settlements were established in the area around the western capital of
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Lowery, Charles D. "The Great Migration to the Mississippi Territory, 1798–1819,"
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to teach Christianity and the 'arts of civilized life.' The Moravian, and later
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Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture.
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and the southeastern United States; those who relocated voluntarily from the
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Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 170–190; (Cherokee: Museum of the Cherokee Indian); 1977.
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Annual Report of the United States Indian Inspector for the Indian Territory
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Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
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Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory
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Evans, E. Raymond. "Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Dragging Canoe";
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September 19, 1890, stopped the leasing of land in the Cherokee Outlet to
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and to offer them citizenship and territory within the reservation if the
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These men continued to be leaders in the tribe. Hicks participated in the
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slaves who had been owned by citizens of the Cherokee Nation during the
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the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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Within the Cherokee Nation, there were advocates for neutrality, a
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recognized from 1794 to 1907. It was often referred to simply as "
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Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
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After the war, the United States negotiated new treaties with the
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titles to internal Georgia lands in return for the state's formal
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The Constitution of the reunited Cherokee Nation was ratified at
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I've been here all the while : Black freedom on Native land
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of its unincorporated western claim (which was made part of the
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promised representatives of the state of Georgia to extinguish
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Race and Ethnicity in America: From Pre-Contact to the Present
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma stop sign, written in English and Cherokee
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peoples, and, after the Civil War and emancipation of slaves,
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Known as the Loyal Shawnee or Cherokee Shawnee, one band of
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The Arkansaw Territory division: showing the progression of
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factions. This coincided with part of US involvement in the
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Red over Black – Black Slavery among the Cherokee Indians,
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United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (1939–present)
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Three important veterans of the Cherokee–American wars,
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By additional treaties signed with the U.S., in 1817 (
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Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700–1835;
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The Cherokees and Their Chiefs: In the Wake of Empire
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Confederate Brig. General Stand Watie (also known as
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Map of Southern United States during the time of the
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For the contemporary federally recognized tribe, see
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Between Two Fires: American Indians in the Civil War
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The Cherokee Nation was divided into nine districts
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Former regions and territories of the United States
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was opened in 1889 by the original Cherokee Nation.
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Everett, Dianna (ed.). 64:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 1282:Cherokee Nation Capitol Building and Courthouse 27:Historic, autonomous Native American government 2148:Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture 617:In the late 19th century, Congress passed the 298:• Tahlequah becomes new official capital 4300:States and territories disestablished in 1907 2587: 2187:Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. 1915:Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press; 1999. 8: 4360:Former territorial entities in North America 4310:History of the Confederate States of America 2414:Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 1977 2008:; University of Oklahoma Press; 2007; pg. 4. 1837:"Previous Conditions and Recent Legislation" 879:on September 6, 1839, at the conclusion of " 308:• Disbanded by U.S. Federal Government 4355:1907 disestablishments in the United States 1792: 1790: 1745:Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina 1701: 1699: 1658:tells of the plight of the Cherokee Nation. 1641:(ca. 1736–1822/4), Beloved Woman, diplomat. 4350:States and territories established in 1794 2594: 2580: 2572: 2317:National Historic Landmark summary listing 2052:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 991:Treaty of the Cherokee Agency, 8 July 1817 127: 106: 2518:United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 2106: 2104: 2084: 1353:United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 95:Learn how and when to remove this message 4295:1794 establishments in the United States 2185:Rennard Strickland, "Cherokee (tribe)," 1830: 1828: 1756: 1754: 4315:Pre-statehood history of North Carolina 2273:. 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The signing is commemorated every 828:missionaries to their territory from 711:area, located in present-day eastern 561:The Cherokee Nation consisted of the 305: 295: 282: 269: 259: 246: 242: 218: 206: 202: 192: 7: 2530:Compiled laws of the Cherokee Nation 2347:National Register of Historic Places 2006:The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War 1162:In 1898, the US Congress passed the 887:weekend with the celebration of the 669:The English had translated this as " 3608:First Cherokee Female Seminary Site 2703:Cherokee Supplement (Unicode block) 1455:Swan Creek and Black River Chippewa 1445:Swan Creek and Black River Chippewa 644:The Cherokee called themselves the 517: instead of Cherokee syllabics. 239:Post-colonial to early 20th century 4325:Pre-statehood history of Tennessee 3257:Sequoyah Constitutional Convention 2119:University of North Carolina Press 1835:Wright, J. George (30 June 1904). 1488:The Cherokee Freedmen were former 1457:bands were removed from southeast 1067:alliance. 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(2021). 1797:Ballinger, Webster (1915). 1619:Keetoowah Nighthawk Society 1361:federally recognized tribes 1114:1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles 1054:1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles 142:Sovereign state (1794-1865) 4376: 3231:Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt 3206:Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 3116:Oconaluftee Indian Village 3091:Original Keetoowah Society 2431:"The Case of Ned Christie" 2378:. Retrieved 5 August 2009. 1980:. The Free Press. p.  1845:Government Printing Office 1811:Government Printing Office 1469: 1407: 1388: 1370: 1359:); these became the three 1333:National Historic Landmark 1323: 1293: 1155: 1041: 898: 867:Constitutional governments 772:American Revolutionary War 637: 579:southeastern United States 29: 4265: 3643:Trail of Tears State Park 3593:Cherokee National Capitol 2999:Jackson and McMinn Treaty 2974:Treaty of Dewitt's Corner 2708:Cherokee Immersion School 2501:(Univ. of Oklahoma, 1998) 2401:. 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