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    Cherokee Indians As stated in the “Cherokees,” Robert J. Conley said, “Cherokees are a Native American people whose ancestral lands were a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States.” They adapt to their surroundings rapidly when they settle in the southeast. These lands are very helpful for the Cherokee Indians to survive. Some factors of the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee Indians, are their advanced tools and weapons, their variations of clothing, and their religion. The advanced

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    fascinating insight into the Cherokee culture. Everything was so authentic and the people who were in charge of the museum and events seemed so passionate about teaching others the history of the Cherokees. Getting to see and talk to people who still uphold their native traditions and keep the culture alive was amazing. From the demonstrations of traditional games, to learning how to make pots from natural materials, I really got a sense of what it was like to live in a Cherokee village. Not only the visual

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    Americans, but the white setter less did not like that because they only wanted the land for farming or gold hunting. The Cherokees call this event the Nunadautsun’s or “the trail where we cried.” The Trail of Tears seems to be more focused on the Cherokee Nation who suffered most because of Jackson. The journey the Cherokees took was caused by the government and they suffered most during the journey and after, though it did make our country

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    Cherokee Tribe To begin with, the name “Cherokee” comes from a Muskogee word which means “speakers of another language”. The Cherokee also considered themselves as the Aniyunwiya. Also, most of all the Indians got sent to Oklahoma. Cherokee is not just a tribe name it also stands for a language. There was a writing system that was invented by a Cherokee person. These are some facts about the word Cherokee and what is symbolized. To continue, the Cherokee mostly originated

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    In the early 1800s the Cherokee started their own Cherokee Nation. Some of these Cherokees did not like the fact that white people were invading their land and decided to move out to the west and start their own society. The reason why the white people were coming onto Cherokee land is because of all the gold that is there. The whites began to make friends with the Cherokee so they could get some of the gold. Later the white people decided it was time that the Cherokee people need to be eliminated

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    Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma: Health Care The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (CN) is one of the many Native American tribes that place a great emphasis on health care. There are noticeable efforts and investments in improving the health care system in the Cherokee Nation. Through the building of health care centers, launching health programs, and individually engaged tribal members in the health field, the Cherokee Nation is striving to improve the overall health care of their people. Although the Cherokee

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    for the Cherokee nation the voyage west changed into an astringent tablet obliged upon them via the usage of a state and local authorities that minded scarcely a piece for his or her way of life or society, and, felt that it grow to be a crazy perception, their cost. It have become and is a wrongdoing and debacle of each our Georgia statistics and our American legacy that obliged the Cherokee west along a route they known as "the path of tears." 1835 become a crucial year in Georgia history. Three

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    “Cherokee culture thrived many hundreds of years before initial European contact in the southeastern area of what is now the United States” ( Our History Par 1).  The Cherokee people suffered through the trail of tears all because the Americans wanted more land. Therefore, the Cherokee shouldn’t have been kicked out of their land because that’s all they knew and many were treated unfair.     To start off , the Cherokee nation has suffered many losses in the removal of their people that could have

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    to be removed from their land because the Cherokee had many rights and many of them were violated by the government. The Cherokee were trying everything they could to stay in their land but they could not. For they were removed inhumanely while attempting to save their nation from being wiped off the face of the earth. The Cherokee indians were being forced out of the land that rightfully belonged to them. During the indian removal act of 1830 the Cherokee indians were being forced off their land

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    It was a story of hope, courage, and survival. This was the Trail of Tears. Many events led up to the Cherokee’s removal. The Indian Removal caused the Cherokee indians to move west. A man named Major Ridge struck lots of bargains with the United States. This man, Major Ridge, was one of the native sons, born in 1771, that lived in the Cherokee territory. The Cherokee’s lived in the Christians Eden because they believe their ancestors once lived in the same area. Throughout Major Ridge’s youth years

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