Cherokee
The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia and northeastern Alabama consisting of around 40,000 square miles.The Cherokee language is part of the Iroquoian language group. In the 19th century, James Mooney, an early American ethnographer, recorded one oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian peoples have been based. However, anthropologist Thomas R. Whyte, writing in 2007, dated the split among the peoples as occurring earlier. He believes that the origin of the proto-Iroquoian language was likely the Appalachian region, and the split between Northern and Southern Iroquoian languages began 4,000 years ago.
By the 19th century, White American settlers had classified the Cherokee of the Southeast as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the region. They were agrarian, lived in permanent villages and had begun to adopt some cultural and technological practices of the white settlers. They also developed their own writing system.
Today, three Cherokee tribes are federally recognized: the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB) in Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation (CN) in Oklahoma, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in North Carolina.
The Cherokee Nation has more than 300,000 tribal members, making it the largest of the 574 federally recognized tribes in the United States. In addition, numerous groups claim Cherokee lineage, and some of these are state-recognized. A total of more than 819,000 people are estimated to have identified as having Cherokee ancestry on the U.S. census; most are not enrolled members of any tribe.
Of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the Cherokee Nation and the UKB have headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and most of their members live in the state. The UKB are mostly descendants of "Old Settlers", also called Western Cherokee: those who migrated from the Southeast to Arkansas and Oklahoma in about 1817, prior to Indian removal. They are related to the Cherokee who were later forcibly relocated there in the 1830s under the Indian Removal Act. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is located on land known as the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina. They are mostly descendants of ancestors who had resisted or avoided relocation, remaining in the area. Because they gave up tribal membership at the time, they became state and US citizens. In the late 19th century, they reorganized as a federally recognized tribe. Provided by Wikipedia
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Jno. W. Wright vs. Columbus Delano, secretary of the Interior, and George H. Williams, attorney general by Wright, John W. (Attorney for Cherokee Indians)
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Memorial of headmen and people of the North Carolina or Eastern Cherokees, protesting against the ratification of the treaty concluded on the 9th day of July, 1868, between the Uni...
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Eastern Cherokees. Mr. Clapp presented the following memorial of the Eastern Cherokees, submitting a certain proposed amendment to the Indian appropriation bill. January 30, 1907....
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Eastern Band of Cherokees. Remonstrance of the principal Chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians against the passage of any bill to allow the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
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In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1888. -- Presented by Mr. Teller. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial in behalf of certain...
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Memorial of the Eastern or emigrant Cherokees. May 22, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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Memorial of the eastern or emigrant Cherokees. December 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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Memorial of Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees. April 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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Memorial of Eastern or emigrant Cherokees. March 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
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Principal Chief's report to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
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Code of ordinances, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians prepared August 25, 1969 /
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Cherokee High School Educational Specifications [Cherokee, North Carolina]
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Charter and governing document of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
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Dunadlalaui dikanugv nvdayunilosvhi udeligvno anehi anitsatagi, tsatagi aye unihv gagusdvdi gotlvhisanvhi ale dikahnawadvsdi tsalagi dunihvi Digalohistanvhi 1839 alenisgi 1870 wast...
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Memorial of the Principal Chief and his associates, representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying that the President be authorized to purchase that portion of their te...
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Memorial of the Principal Chief and his associates, representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying that the President be authorized to purchase that portion of their te...
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Indians -- Cherokee. Memorial of a council held at Running Waters, in the Cherokee Nation, in Georgia, November 28, 1834, on behalf of those members of the Cherokee tribe of Indian...
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Memorial of members of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into alleged irregularities of officers and agents intrusted with the...
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Consolidation of the Indian tribes. Protest of the Cherokee Nation against Senate Bill 459, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Consolidation of the Indian Tribes, and To Establish...
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Memorial of a delegation from the Cherokees, praying protection and relief from the government. June 25, 1834. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
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