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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination- Cherokee Indians
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Ethnic Groups and Discrimination- Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee tribes settled around the Southeastern part of the United States, which consists of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Eastern Tennessee. It has been recorded that the tribe migrated to the Appalachian region in ancient times from the region of the Great Lakes after facing defeat at the hands of the Iroquois and Delaware tribes (Sultzman, 1996). Although many argue that such a tribe as big and powerful as the Cherokee, could not simply be moved. The “Five Civilized Tribes,” was a term the White man used to describe tribes that were civilized enough to communicate with them. These tribes had assimilated to numerous technological and cultural methods of the early settlers; the Cherokees had built roads, churches, and schools. A Cherokee man by the name, “Sequoyah” would invent the Cherokee alphabet (derived from the English alphabet) so his people could read, and he would later on change his name to George Gist to show his self assimilation into modern society About North Georgia (2010).
In the early 1800s Georgia legislature signed a compact that would give the federal government claims to western lands in exchange for the government’s pledge to extinguish all Indian titles to land within the state Studyworld (2010). The Cherokee tribes held a substantial chunk of land in Georgia, and they started to get worried that they would lose their lands, so they issued a written constitution claiming that the Cherokee had jurisdiction over their own lands. Unfortunately, though the Indian Removal Act of 1830 had already become entwined with the state of Georgia’s rights, making the Cherokees plea their claims in a court of law. The Cherokees tried to seek aid from a newly elected Andrew Jackson, but he informed the tribe that he would not interfere with the prerogatives of Georgian law. The solution to the problem, in the eyes of Jackson, was to...
ETH/125
Ethnic Groups and Discrimination- Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee tribes settled around the Southeastern part of the United States, which consists of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Eastern Tennessee. It has been recorded that the tribe migrated to the Appalachian region in ancient times from the region of the Great Lakes after facing defeat at the hands of the Iroquois and Delaware tribes (Sultzman, 1996). Although many argue that such a tribe as big and powerful as the Cherokee, could not simply be moved. The “Five Civilized Tribes,” was a term the White man used to describe tribes that were civilized enough to communicate with them. These tribes had assimilated to numerous technological and cultural methods of the early settlers; the Cherokees had built roads, churches, and schools. A Cherokee man by the name, “Sequoyah” would invent the Cherokee alphabet (derived from the English alphabet) so his people could read, and he would later on change his name to George Gist to show his self assimilation into modern society About North Georgia (2010).
In the early 1800s Georgia legislature signed a compact that would give the federal government claims to western lands in exchange for the government’s pledge to extinguish all Indian titles to land within the state Studyworld (2010). The Cherokee tribes held a substantial chunk of land in Georgia, and they started to get worried that they would lose their lands, so they issued a written constitution claiming that the Cherokee had jurisdiction over their own lands. Unfortunately, though the Indian Removal Act of 1830 had already become entwined with the state of Georgia’s rights, making the Cherokees plea their claims in a court of law. The Cherokees tried to seek aid from a newly elected Andrew Jackson, but he informed the tribe that he would not interfere with the prerogatives of Georgian law. The solution to the problem, in the eyes of Jackson, was to...