Introduction: the Cherokees and U.S. Indian policy -- Cherokee "civilization: becoming "civilized" -- A Cherokee view of "civilization" -- Christian missions -- Quantifying Cherokee "civilization" -- Georgia policy: the Georgia laws -- Georgia and the Supreme court -- Dispossessing the Cherokees -- White intruders -- United States policy: in defense of the Cherokees: the "William Penn" essays -- Lewis Cass justifies removal -- Congress acts -- Andrew Jackson applauds the Removal Act -- The Cherokee debate: women and removal -- Elias Boudinot's editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix -- The Treaty of New Echota -- The opposition continues -- The treaty party's defense -- The trail of tears: enrollment -- Forced removal -- Removal through a child's eyes -- Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.
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