The Cherokee Nation
Race, Politics, and the Fight for Tribal Sovereignty
My Research
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Updated Beginning/Claims
So far this is my updated thesis and claims for my final paper. I would appreciate some early feedback and maybe some suggestions about how to improve it. Indigenous Americans…
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“Lest We Remember”
This week, I read an interesting article about how the memory of the Civil War developed in Native territories. The article “Lest We Remember” by historian Jeff Fortney explores how…
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The Origins of the Keetoowah Society
This week I read about an anti-war group in the Cherokee Nation called the Keetoowah Society. In previous sources I had read, historians believed the society grew out of the…
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First Draft Comments
What I plan to write after this is how the Relationship between Chief Ross and Stand Watie adds another level of complexity to the story of race and the Civil…
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“The General” Continued…
The second part of the chapter “The General: The Western Cherokee and the Lost Cause” from Between Two Fires by Laurence Hauptman covers the battles and wartime struggles of the nation. Under…
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“The General: The Western Cherokee and the Lost Cause”
This week, I explored more about the Cherokee’s direct involvement with the Civil War. From the book Between Two Fires: American Indians in the Civil War by Laurence Hauptman, I read a…
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Slave “Revolt” in Cherokee Nation 1842
This week I was trying to research into Cherokees who were abolitionists. Instead, I came across an interesting article that covers Cherokee and Creek African slaves who attempted to escape…
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“Cherokee Freedmen and the Color of Belonging”
This week I wanted to explore more into the race relations between White Americans, The Cherokee, and African slaves before the Civil War. After exploring the Cherokee Constitution, I was…
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Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Constitution is the first primary source I have been able to find for my paper. Signed September 6th, 1839, the Cherokee Constitution was an agreement between factions of…