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- Population: Over 300,000
- Region: Eastern and Southeastern United States
- Languages: English and Cherokee
- Related tribes: Seminole, Chickasaw, Creek and Choctaw
- Fought in: The Tuscarora and Yamasee wars
- Headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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The Cherokee are an aboriginal people of North America who inhabited what is now the Eastern and Southeastern United States. According to numbers from the 2000 U.S. census, the Cherokee are the largest of the nation's 563 recognized indigenous tribes. They are also the largest of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, a term applied to groups who were considered civilized by Europeans in that they had generally peaceful interactions with settlers and adopted some of their customs and habits.
In the 1830s, most of the Cherokee were relocated from their native homes in Georgia and the Carolinas west to Oklahoma in a migration dubbed the Trail of Tears.
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Key Figures
- Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, pioneered the Cherokee writing system
- Ned Christie was a Cherokee patriot and independence fighter
- Elias Boudinot wrote the first Native American novel, Poor Sarah
- Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Depp, Lou Diamond Phillips, Steven Tyler, Chuck Norris and Burt Reynolds are also of Cherokee ancestry
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Cherokee Tribe Questions
What cause the Delware Tribe and the Cherokee to separate and become two different tribes? 1 AnswerIn 1867 an agreement was signed between the Cherokee and Delawares that sent the Delawares to Cherokee lands in Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma. The Del... read more
What has been the education policy of the Cherokee Nation? 1 AnswerCherokee Nation Education mission is to help and develop support for the education of Cherokee People. ---quote--- Cherokee Nation Education Corporation The C... read more
What is the government structure of the Cherokee nation? 1 Answer-quote- "In the Cherokee Nation, the executive branch is comprised of a Principal Chief and a Deputy Principal Chief, who are elected to four-year terms, along ... read more
What do the symbols of the Cherokee Nation mean? 2 AnswersThe Cherokee Nation seal is a seven pointed star surrounded by an oak leaf wreath and on the outer circle the words read,"Seal of the Cherokee Nation Sept 6. 18... read more
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Cherokee Tribe Timeline
- 1540-1: Hernando DeSoto one of the first whites seen by the tribe
- 1753: Smallpox epidemic.
- 1755(?):The Battle of Taliwa
- 1760-1762: Anglo-Cherokee War
- 1771: Sequoyah born.
- 1776-94: The Chickamauga Wars begin
- 1786: Treaty of Hopewell
- 1794: Chickamauga Cherokee begin moving west
- October 1887: The Trail of Tears "Trail of Tears" Begins
- 1839: Cherokee Act of Union unites the eastern and western Cherokee Nation
- 1924: Congress extendsAmerican Citizenship to all Native Americans.
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@vicki2435 im cherokee too, do you know what tribe you get your native american from?
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@Mrkollege got put out the cherokee tribe because they said his excessive beating off was disrespectful to the circle of life
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@brittbrAtsongz that's Cherokee! I'm from the nigga please tribe! Google it!
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#blackthoughts I got Indian in my family. Which tribe? Cherokee. Gtfoh!
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