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What state were the Cherokee from?

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About 200 years ago the Cherokee Indians were one tribe, or "Indian Nation" that lived in the southeast part of what is now the United States. During the 1830's and 1840's, the period covered by the Indian Removal Act, many Cherokees were moved west to a territory that is now the State of Oklahoma.

Keeping this in view, where did the Cherokee first live?

The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region, particularly Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Here is a map showing the location of the original Cherokee territory. Most Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's along the Trail of Tears.

When did the Cherokee Nation begin?

The Cherokee Nation—East had first created electoral districts in 1817. By 1822, the Cherokee Supreme Court was founded. Lastly, the Cherokee Nation adopted a written constitution in 1827 creating a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

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Who are the enemies of the Cherokee?

During the 1660s, the Cherokee had allowed a refugee group of Shawnee to settle in the Cumberland Basin when they fled the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars. The Shawnee were also a buffer against the Cherokee, traditional Chickasaw enemies.

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Is a Cherokee an Indian?

Cherokee Ancestry. About 200 years ago the Cherokee Indians were one tribe, or "Indian Nation" that lived in the southeast part of what is now the United States. During the 1830's and 1840's, the period covered by the Indian Removal Act, many Cherokees were moved west to a territory that is now the State of Oklahoma.

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What is the Cherokee language called?

It is the only Southern Iroquoian language and differs significantly from the other Iroquoian languages. Cherokee is a polysynthetic language and uses a unique syllabary writing system.

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Where did the Cherokee go after the Trail of Tears?

The relocation of the Native Americans to the Oklahoma Territory that became known as "The Trail of Tears", "The Trail Where They Cried " ("Nunna daul Tsuny") by the Cherokee, represents one of the darkest and saddest episodes of American history.

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Who was the leader of the Cherokee tribe at the time of the Trail of Tears?

John Ross

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When were the Cherokee forced to move west?

The Cherokee weren't the only tribe forced off their ancestral lands by the United States government. The Chocktaws were moved west to a reservation in Arkansas. Read the text of the treaty of 1830 between the Choctaw Nation and the United States which dictated the terms of the move.

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What are the 14 counties of the Cherokee Nation?

Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation has a tribal jurisdictional area spanning 14 counties in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. These are Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington counties.

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Is the Cherokee Nation a sovereign nation?

The Cherokee Nation is the federally-recognized government of the Cherokee people and has inherent sovereign status recognized by treaty and law. The seat of tribal government is the W.W. Keeler Complex near Tahlequah, Okla., the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

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What is the name of the river that runs through Cherokee North Carolina?

You'll fall in love with the Oconaluftee River: 30 miles of clean, clear, beautiful stream that flows through the Qualla Boundary, the home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Fishing in Cherokee means enjoying beautiful freestone streams stocked with brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout.

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How many Cherokee people are there today?

Approximately 120,000 of these citizens live within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Cherokee Nation. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has approximately 12,500 tribal citizens, while the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians has approximately 16,000 tribal citizens.

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Do the Cherokee have a reservation?

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation is one of the only three federally recognized Cherokee tribes. There are about 15,300 members, most of whom live on the Reservation. Properly called the Qualla Boundary, the Reservation is slightly more than 56,000 acres held in trust by the federal government.

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Is the Cherokee Nation an independent country?

The bill states the grant, by a charter in 1732, of the country on this continent lying between the Savannah and Alatahama rivers, by George the Second, "monarch of several islands on the eastern coast of the Atlantic," the same country being then in the ownership of several distinct, sovereign, and independent nations

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What is the meaning of the name Cherokee?

The name Cherokee is a Native American baby name. In Native American the meaning of the name Cherokee is: People of a different speech. One of the largest American Indian tribes.

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Where did the Cherokee tribe live before the Trail of Tears?

Where did the Cherokee live before 1838 (the Trail of Tears)? Before European contact, the Cherokee lived in a very large area which included all or portions of the present day states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia.

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What states were the Cherokee in?

Cherokee Indians. A powerful detached tribe of the Iroquoian family, formerly holding the whole mountain region of the south Alleghenies, in southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and South Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River.

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What is the Cherokee tribe known for?

The Cherokee Indians were a very large Native American tribe that originally settled in the southeast portions of the United States. They settled in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee after migrating south from the Great Lakes region. The word Cherokee translates into "those who live in the mountains".

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What nationality is Cherokee?

Cherokee, North American Indians of Iroquoian lineage who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas. Their name is derived from a Creek word meaning “people of different speech”; many prefer to be known as Keetoowah or Tsalagi.

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What percentage do you have to be to be considered Native American?

Most tribes require a specific percentage of Native “blood,” called blood quantum, in addition to being able to document which tribal member you descend from. Some tribes require as much as 25% Native heritage, and most require at least 1/16^th Native heritage, which is one great-great grandparent.

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Where were the Cherokee forced to walk?

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.

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Where is the Cherokee tribe now?

It is not a reservation. The Eastern Band of Cherokee, also recognized by the federal government, holds 56,000 acres within the Qualla Boundary of western North Carolina. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees in Northeastern Oklahoma were extended a Corporate Charter by the U.S. Congress.

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