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Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma Historical Society: An Early Account of the Cherokees [Pdf]
A first-hand account describing the Cherokee Native Americans during the period of their displacement (1837) from the southern United States to Oklahoma Indian territory.
PBS
Pbs: Indian Removal Andrew Jackson's Role
This site from PBS shows that Jackson was instrumental in the removal of the Cherokee population from Georgia and Florida. This site discusses his role in that policy. Links to related sites. Bibliography available at "Resource Bank" page.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Historic Indian Tribes of Alabama
This instructional activity will focus on researching, analyzing, and comparing the culture of four Indian tribes from Alabama's history. The rich culture of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indian tribes contributed to the...
Other
Trail of Tears Assoc: The Story Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Follow the early history of Native American and European contact in America. As more settlers moved west, a law was passed to relocate the Cherokee from Arkansas. The routes they followed and the cruelties they suffered came to be known...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Sam Houston to John Linney, Sept 1836
Read a letter through which Sam Houston recruits Indian tribes "to act in the policing of" Texas. This site includes images of the original letter, as well as line-by-line transcription of the handwritten text.
Other
Crystalinks: Trail of Tears
Detailed information on the Trail of Tears which refers to the forced relocation of the Cherokee Native American tribe to the Western United States in 1838-39. This tragic event resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 Cherokee...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
National Park Services provides an overview of the Trail of Tears, a nine state wide stretch of America the Cherokee Indians were pushed across by the Federal government in the 1830s.
Other
North Carolina Dept. Of Natural and Cultural Resources: French and Indian War
Armed conflict left homes destroyed and casualties on all sides of the French and Indian war, which lasted from 1754 to 1763. Includes links to excellent resources for further information.
Curated OER
Map of the Cherokee Indians in 1765
This website provides an overview of Georgia's early years. Includes: information on the Indian tribes which inhabited Georgia before it was settled by Europeans, the purposes behind Oglethorpe's settlement, maps, and links to further...
Other
Arkansas Archeological Survey: Indians of Arkansas
A detailed view of the Native peoples who inhabited Arkansas, both pre- and post-European contact with history, archaeology, and culture addressed. The navigation menu on the left provides links to specific periods of time and to...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
Discussion of the lawsuit filed by Samuel Worcester against the state of Georgia protesting the way the state handled the Cherokee lands. The case went to the Supreme Court where although Chief Justice Marshall ruled in favor of the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Trail of Tears
This site from Wikipedia provides a description of the Trail of Tears. Also given is some background information that led to the removal of the Cherokees from northern Georgia as well as information on the actual removal process.
Missouri State University
Delaware Town: Trail of Tears
Read details about the history of the Cherokee Trail of Tears in Missouri, a major event in U.S. history.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Trail of Tears: The Indian Removals
The Cherokee were not the only Native Americans affected by the Indian Removal Policy. Read about the Sac and Fox Indians in Illinois, and the Seminole in Florida. In addition, read about the many attempts, including a law suit filed by...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Native American History for Kids: Cherokee Tribe and Peoples
Explore the Cherokee the Native American Indian tribe from the Southeast of the United States on this website.
Other
American Indian Civics Project: 19th Century Indian Relations
This article provides an overview of Indian relations within the United States during the 19th century.
Other
A Gathering of Nations: Images of History of the Indian Tribes of North America
A selection of twenty-four images from The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, each representing a different Native American Nation. Each image is accompanied by a brief description.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures
This lesson plan helps students learn aspects of three Native American languages, the Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee. Five lessons lead teachers and students through traditions, similarities and differences, and the importance of...
Other
South Carolina Indians
A thorough site that provides good basic information on the early indigenous peoples of South Carolina. Information includes tribes, a map of the location of the tribes, history of the tribes, cities and towns with Native American names,...
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North Georgia History: Cherokee in North Georgia
This site from North Georgia.com provides the history of the Cherokee in North Georgia. This site begins with the development of the Cherokee Nation. Clicking on the next three sections will take you through their loss of their lands.
Other
Indians and the American Revolution
Essay on the Native American role in the American Revolution.
PBS
Pbs: Archives of the West: Worcester v. Georgia
On this PBS website you can read the text of the Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia by the Georgia legislature and Georgia's prosecution of a man living on those lands.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Andrew Jackson: Domestic Affairs
A comprehensive overview of the domestic issues facing Andrew Jackson in his presidency, from the "spoils system" to veto of the bank recharter to his Indian removal policy.
Other
Kansas History: The Last Land Rush
A brief description of the land rush onto the Cherokee Strip, land sold by the Cherokees to the U.S. government in 1891.
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