Dates
When was the Treaty of New Echota signed?
1835
What is Gadugi?
Unity and Community
Who is John Ross?
Principal Chief of the Cherokee from 1828 - 1866
What family structure did the Cherokees have?
Matrilineal
What states militia had the most infamous reputation?
Georgia's Militia
In what year did the Cherokee Nation pass its first Constitution?
1827
What public institution did the Cherokee oppose until the 1870s?
A national prison
Who is Walter Adair Duncan?
The superintendent of the Cherokee Orphan Asylum.
This male relative was closest to children in Cherokee society
The Maternal Uncle.
This Commission was tasked with allotment of Cherokee lands.
The Dawes Commission.
When did The Reconstruction Treaty force the inclusion of Freedmen in Cherokee society.
1866.
This is the meaning of the phrase Osdv Iyunvnehi.
Social Welfare
Whose trial led to the creation of the first national prison?
Zeke Proctor.
What was the name of a traditional Cherokee healer?
Adonisigi
This sundry store produced the bulk of materials for the Cherokee National Prison.
Stapler & Son
In what year did the Cherokee Orphan Asylum officially open?
1872
Cherokee social welfare aimed to prevent the U.S. from claiming the Tribe was
"Uncivilized"
Who is Samuel Sixkiller?
The First high sheriff of the Cherokee National prison
In traditional Cherokee culture, poverty was seen as a lack of this
Kinship
What is the "Indian Question"?
It was a catchall used to attack Native peoples' social systems and governments during the allotment period.
Cherokee sovereignty ended with the arrival of Oklahoma Statehood in this year.
1907
This set of legal reforms spelled out the Cherokee’s policy regarding institutions.
The New Codes.
Who is Richard Henry Pratt?
He was the founder of the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. He also is known for his Indian educational "experiment" in Florida.
This college opened in the 1880s to help the people of the Five Tribes.
Indian University in Tahlequah/Bacone College
The U.S. dismantled Cherokee institutions because of what
Because they were too successful