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Author:

Perdue, Theda, 1949-

Title:

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears / Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green.

Publisher:

Penguin,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2007

Description:

xvi, 189 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Cherokee Indians--History--19th century.
Cherokee Indians--Relocation.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.

Other Authors:

Green, Michael D., 1941-

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.

Contents:

The land and the people -- "Civilizing" the Cherokees -- Indian removal policy -- Resisting removal -- The Treaty of New Echota -- The Trail of Tears -- Rebuilding in the West.

Summary:

Documents the 1830s policy shift of the U.S. government through which it discontinued efforts to assimilate Native Americans in favor of forcibly relocating them west of the Mississippi, and traces the decision's specific effect on the Cherokee Nation.

Series:

Penguin library of American Indian history

ISBN:

0143113674
9780143113676 (pbk.)

LCCN:

bl2008021701

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)