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