The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, pronounced Tsalagihi Ayeli) was a legal, autonomous, tribal government in North America recognized from 1794 to...
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The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ Tsalagihi Ayeli or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ Tsalagiyehli), formerly known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three...
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The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory...
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(Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: Guwisguwi, lit. 'Mysterious Little White Bird'; October 3, 1790 – August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee...
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in 1794, when the Cherokee began to formalize a more centralized political structure. They founded the original Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation–East...
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United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, also based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee can also refer to: Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), the historical government...
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border between 96 and 100°W. The Cherokee Outlet was created in 1836. The United States forced the Cherokee Nation of Indians to cede to the United States...
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Indian Territory (category Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
towns: Cherokee Nation – Tahlequah Chickasaw Nation – Tishomingo (later moved to Ada) Choctaw Nation – Tuskahoma (later moved to Durant) Creek Nation – Okmulgee...
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Five Civilized Tribes (redirect from Five Civilized Nations)
of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles. White...
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and Cherokee on February 21, 1828, in New Echota, capital of the Cherokee Nation (present-day Georgia). The paper continued until 1834. The Cherokee Phoenix...
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Stand Watie (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee Nation allied with the...
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Completed in 1869, it served as the capitol building of the Cherokee Nation from 1869 to 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. It now serves as the site of...
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full-scale frontier battles in the Old Southwest from 1776 to 1794 between the Cherokee and American settlers on the frontier. Most of the events took...
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is a list of plants documented to have been traditionally used by the Cherokee, and how they are used. Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (commonly known...
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Cherokee remained a fragmented people. At the founding of the first Cherokee Nation in 1794, the now united people still controlled a large area encompassing...
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Dawes Rolls (category Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
Archived 2019-01-28 at the Wayback Machine" at the Cherokee Nation website. "Tribal Citizenship". Cherokee Nation. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved...
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the Cherokee Nation–West, and was a leader of the Texas Cherokees (Tshalagiyi nvdagi). Di'wali was born around 1756 in Little Hiwassee, a Cherokee town...
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Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 294 (1902) was a US Supreme Court case that decided the US Congress has the right to pass legislation that controls...
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Cherokee headman of Cayuga town, eventually rising to Principal Chief of the first Cherokee Nation. He was one of the "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation—West...
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Seneca River (South Carolina) (category Rivers of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
often referred to as the Seneca. Mooney, James (2008) [1900]. Myths of the Cherokee. Forgotten Books. p. 270. ISBN 9781605068879. U.S. Geological Survey. National...
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Cherokee Nation. Named at birth Enola (also rendered Inali or Enoli), Black Fox was born about 1746. He was a brother-in-law of Chickamauga Cherokee leader...
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Hiwassee River (category Rivers of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
James (1902). Myths of the Cherokee. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology. p. 512. Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. (1907). "Hiwassee". Handbook of...
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The Museum of the Cherokee People (MTCP), formerly known as the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI), is a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultural arts and history museum...
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Pathkiller (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
Pathkiller (died January 8, 1827) was a Cherokee warrior and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Pathkiller, whose tribal name is unknown, fought...
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Chimney Tops (category Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
orogeny. The Cherokee name for Chimney Tops is Duniskwalgunyi, or "forked antler", referring to its resemblance to the deer antlers. In the Cherokee legend...
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John Jolly (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
tribal government around 1818, he was made Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation–West. Jolly was a wealthy slave-owning planter, cow rancher, and merchant...
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The Cherokee Female Seminary was built by the Cherokee Nation in 1889 near Tahlequah, Indian Territory. It replaced their original girls' seminary, the...
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The Cherokee Strip of Kansas, in the United States, was a disputed strip of land on the southern border of the state. In 1825 the Osage Nation was given...
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Keowee River (category Rivers of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907))
Seneca River was often called the Keowee River, as it was part of the Cherokee homeland. They also had a town named Keowee. In current times, the section...
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Federal Road through Cherokee lands, originally called the Georgia Road, was a federal toll highway passing through the Cherokee Nation in the northern part...
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