Cherokee Nation
Oklahoma's largest tribe
The Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized tribal government of the Cherokee people, headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
It is one of the largest Native American nations in the United States, with its own constitution, courts, and citizenship requirements.
The term also refers to the historical Cherokee political entity that existed before and after forced relocation on the Trail of Tears.
She's a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Indian Removal ActLaw authorizing tribal expulsion
- SequoyahCherokee literacy pioneer
- antebellum SouthPre-1861 slave states
- land allotmentDesignated portion of terrain
Cherokee literacy pioneer
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- language preservationMaintaining endangered native tongues
Indigenous peoples' governmental independence
- federal recognitionGovernment's formal tribal acknowledgment
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- tribal courtsNative nations' judicial bodies
- tribal citizenshipMembership in indigenous nation
blood quantum · treaty rights · government-to-government · housing authority · health services
Makeshift urban baseball variant
- clan systemAncestry-based social organization
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- potteryFired clay objects
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
blowgun · cornhusk dolls · traditional medicine · storytelling · ceremonial grounds · fry bread
Trail of Tears
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- Indian Removal ActLaw authorizing tribal expulsion
- SequoyahCherokee literacy pioneer
- antebellum SouthPre-1861 slave states
Sequoyah
Cherokee literacy pioneer
- endangered languageSpeech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- language preservationMaintaining endangered native tongues
tribal sovereignty
Indigenous peoples' governmental independence
- federal recognitionGovernment's formal tribal acknowledgment
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- tribal courtsNative nations' judicial bodies
tribal citizenship · blood quantum · treaty rights · government-to-government · housing authority · health services
stickball
Makeshift urban baseball variant
- clan systemAncestry-based social organization
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- potteryFired clay objects
beadwork · blowgun · cornhusk dolls · traditional medicine · storytelling · ceremonial grounds · fry bread
Illinois River
Midwestern tributary of Mississippi
- Oklahoma TribesChoctaw Nation, Seminole Nation, Osage Nation, Comanche Nation, Pawnee Nation
- Native AmericansApache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk, Iroquois
- CherokeeSequoyah, Trail of Tears, clan mothers, stickball, traditional songs
- Cherokee Homelandtribal lands, ancestral territory, Trail of Tears, reservations, Indian Territory
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters
- Indigenous Politicstribal sovereignty, federal recognition, tribal councils, tribal law, tribal citizenship
Cherokee Nationcolonial administration
Governance of conquered territories
municipal government · county government · state government · state governments · federal government
Cherokee NationAndrew Jackson
Seventh U.S. president
Indian Removal Act · British Empire · land speculators · manifest destiny · assimilation policy
Cherokee NationEuropean settlers
Migrants from Europe establishing colonies
colonial America · settler colonialism · British Empire · Plymouth Colony · Manifest Destiny
national, nationalism, international, nations, multinational, nationalist, Cherokee, nationalize, internationally