Resources

• "Cherokee Removal," New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Constitution of the Cherokee Nation
• Appalachian Summit

Defining “Civilized”

• Success of the “civilizing” project among the Cherokee (letter, 1826)
• Letter from missionary about Cherokee religion (letter, 1818)

U.S. Government’s Removal Policy

• Congressional bill to remove Indians (government document, 1830)
• Andrew Jackson's State of the Union Address, December 6, 1830
• Two opinions in the Worcester V. Georgia U.S. Supreme Court (government document, 1832)
• "To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians" from Jackson (newspaper article, 1835)
• Land lottery map of Cherokee territory in Georgia (map, 1838)

Resistance to Indian Removal

• Memorial of a Delegation of the Cherokee Nation of Indians (government document, 1830)
• Petition by ladies in Steubenville, OH, against Indian removal (government document, 1830)
• Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation (government document, 1836)

Trail of Tears

• John Burnett’s Story of the Trail of Tears
• Trail of Tears lesson plan from the National Parks Service

Cherokee Indian Leaders

• Manner of Instructing the Indians (image, 1835)
• Southwest View of the Indian Church in Marshpee (image, 1840)
• William Apess (image, 1831)

Sequoyah

• Se-quo-yah (image, 1838)
• Sequoyah Birthplace Museum

Chief John Ross

• Letter from Ross defending the Cherokees' right to their land (letter, 1836)

Mashpee Indian Revolt

• A Brief History and Description of Mashpee, Massachusetts (booklet, 1840)
• A Description of the Mashpee Revolt by William Apess (book, 1835)
• Indian Populations, 1830 (government document, 1830)
• Memorial of the Cherokee Nation, December 1829 (letter, 1829)
• The Barnstable Journal Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1833)
• The Boston Courier Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1834)
• The Boston Daily Advocate Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1833)
• The Cherokee Indians Speak to the U.S. Government (letter, 1824)
• The Cherokees Appeal (poem, 1830)
• The Mashpee Indians Defend William Apess (letter, 1835)
• The Mashpee Indians Lawyer Defends Their Cause (letter, 1834)

To Sort

• A Wilderness Still: The Cradle of Nature: Frontier Georgia. Cashin, Edward J. (ed) (Savannah: Beehive Press, 1994); Letter to the Cherokee from Major General Scott (May 10, 1838)

• Cherokee Phoenix, Feb. 21, 1828 (vol. 1, no. 1) - Feb. 4 1829 (vol. 1, no. 47); E. Boudinot (ed.)
• Claims arising under the Cherokee treaty (government document, 1844)