Wikipedia: The Cherokees
I found on this class twitter system and sort of followed the worm that led after it.
Cherokees: The Cherokees are an indigenous people of
the Southeastern Woodlands. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated
in southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and the tips of western
South Carolina and northeastern Georgia. One of the three federally recognized
tribes reside in Oklahoma.
Indian territory: This can be described as an
evolving land area that was set aside by the United States Government for the
relocation of Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land. In
general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for land grants in an
area purchased by the United States federal government from Napoleonic France,
the Louisiana Purchase. Oklahoma makes up a large portion of this territory.
Aboriginal title: I thought it was important to add
that natives aren’t called so for no reason. An aboriginal title is a common
law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure
persist after the assumption of sovereignty under settler colonialism. However,
most of know that the Native and settlers relationship ended up in the trail of
tears unfortunately.
Louisiana Purchase: The Louisiana purchase provide in
large part the land that was provided to the Natives during the removal of
their rightful land. The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the
Louisiana territory which was composed of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma,
Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a
large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the
northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of
Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west
of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans); and small portions of land within
the present Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its non-native
population was around 60,000 inhabitants, of whom half were African slaves.
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