The Cherokee Nation

Race, Politics, and the Fight for Tribal Sovereignty


My Research

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • “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…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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…

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