History
What did the treaty that the US government first signed with the Cherokee nation say...
Their land was off limits to white settlers and would be removed by the government if necessary?
Which president began in earnest the persecution of Native Americans by the government?
Andrew Jackson.
What did Andrew Jackson believe about Native Americans?
They were savages and had no right to their land.
How many tribes made up the Cherokee nation?
at that time 5: Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles.
Which mountain range do the Cherokee's come from in the USA.
The Appalachians?
What act was signed in 1830?
The Indian Removal Act.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The forced removal and march of the Cherokee from their lands to Oklahoma.
What is the cutting of their hair important to Native Americans?
It is very spiritual to them and usually only done in times of new beginnings or mourning during tribal rituals.
The estimated amount of Native Americans living in the USA before Europeans arrived.
10 million?
Which presidents did the two Cherokee chiefs successfully negotiate with?
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
How many of the Cherokee who marched died?
1/3, over 4,000 of the 15,000
What was the name of the Cherokee capitol.
New Echota?
The amount of Natives in the USA by 1900.
300,000?
What were the names of the two Cherokee Chiefs whose disagreement caused a divide in their nation?
John Ross and He Who Walks On Mountains/The Ridge
What else did the US government do to try and subjugate the natives?
Take them from their families and homes and put them in boarding schools
Where do the Cherokee descendants live today?
Cherokee, North Carolina.
How many miles did the Cherokee nation originally consist of?
40,000 miles
Since the US Independence in 1776 how many attacks have they launched against the Natives?
over 1,500 attacks.
What were some of the things that the Native Americans had to endure at boarding school?
Cut their hair, Forced them to wear "Normal clothes", Forced conversion to Christianity, Changed their names, not allowed to speak their language, only english, physically abused and punished.
How did the descendants fight back against the boarding schools and US government?
They took the learning they got in school to fight through the legal system and create an organization.