The Creek, Cherokee Chickasaw, Seminole, and Choctaw are all called what?
The Five Civilized Tribes
natives, settlers, and Georgia go t court over land ownership and sovereignty
The court ruled that the federal government deals with native Americans issues. States can't interfere with them.
Native Americans, potential white settlers, and the State government of Georgia went to court to settle issues of Native American land ownership and sovereignty or self-rule
right to live on their tribal lands, these lands were really the property of the U.S. government
Cherokee nation vs Georgia what was the date
1831
gold was discovered in georgia settlers wanted the land
natives and the US would exchanged land in the west for land in the East this would free up millions of acres for settlement natives will be forced out
attempted to assimilate into american society took on american customs trying to get along with settlers
court ruled, White Americans could not buy land directly from Native Americans. Decisions about the land could only be made by the federal government
settlement on tribal lands. But it also established the policy that Native Americans did not own the land on which they jad lived for many generations.
Worcester vs Georgia what was the date
1832
in a effort to free up land for settlers, the US government planned to exchanged land with natives
some tribes leave peacefully, others resist in the end, all are forced to move there
in order to reduce conflict with settlers and retain their and, native Americans adopted European/American customs
doesn't work the supreme court doesn't give them legal status settlers still flood into their land
The Indian removal act what was the date
the date was in 1830
the Cherokee nation is established what was the date
1839
natives, settlers, and Georgia go to court over land owership and sovereignty
natives don't own the land they live on settlers can't but it federal government owns the land
federal and state would not keep settlers out of native land the US government would end up signing treaties with small groups of native Americans who did not represent the whole tribe
the Cherokee refused to leave they viewed the treaty as being fake US will send the army to force them out
The Oklahoma and Indian Territories are established what was the date
1834
the treaty of new Echota is signed what was the date
1835
natives sue Georgia stating they are sovereign nation same rights as France, GB, Spain
court ruled that they are domestic dependent nation can govern themselves
Cherokee refused to leave the treaty required them to but they view it as being illegal
including the deaths in camp around 400 Cherokee will perish
Johnson vs min-tosh what was the date
1823
The Trail of Tears Occurs what was the date line
1831-1838