Cherokees
Trail of Tears
Cherokees is the plural of Cherokee, referring to members of a Native American people originally from the southeastern United States, particularly present-day Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.
The Cherokee were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1830s along the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee also names their Iroquoian language.
The Cherokees maintained a written constitution before removal.
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descendantsThose who come after
legacy · culture · roots · genealogy · artifacts · heirlooms · rituals · lore
Writing using sound-units
- SequoyahCherokee literacy pioneer
- scriptWritten words for performance
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
preservation · endangered · fluency · literacy · bilingualism · dialects · vocabulary · grammar
Social group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- eldersSenior community members
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reservation · enrollment · members · community · treaties · matriarchy · kinship · band
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- forced marchCompulsory rapid military movement
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
migration · hardship · suffering · survival · Andrew Jackson · Indian Removal Act · 1830s · ancestral lands
Oklahoma county and city
- TulsaNortheastern Oklahoma metropolis
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
Original inhabitants of America
- IroquoianNative American language family
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- colonialOf occupied territories
assimilation · resistance · treaties · American Revolution · Civil War · alliances · warriors
ancestry
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- lineageDescent from progenitors
descendants · legacy · culture · roots · genealogy · artifacts · heirlooms · rituals · lore · mythology
syllabary
Writing using sound-units
- SequoyahCherokee literacy pioneer
- scriptWritten words for performance
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
revitalization · preservation · endangered · fluency · literacy · bilingualism · dialects · vocabulary · grammar · orthography
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
sovereignty · reservation · enrollment · members · community · treaties · matriarchy · kinship · band · federation
Trail of Tears
1830s forced indigenous relocation
- forced marchCompulsory rapid military movement
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- displacementRemoval from usual location
exodus · migration · hardship · suffering · survival · Andrew Jackson · Indian Removal Act · 1830s · ancestral lands · resettlement
Muskogee
Oklahoma county and city
- TulsaNortheastern Oklahoma metropolis
- Indian TerritoryFederal land for displaced tribes
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
Native American
Original inhabitants of America
- IroquoianNative American language family
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
colonial · assimilation · resistance · treaties · American Revolution · Civil War · alliances · warriors
CherokeesSioux
Plains Indigenous nation
Lakota · Comanche · Cheyenne · Plains tribes · Arapaho
Cherokeeswhite settlers
European territorial migrants
Anglo-Americans · colonizers · conquistadors · Andrew Jackson · European settlers
- Cherokee NationFederally recognized indigenous government
- Jeep CherokeeAmerican compact sport utility
- Grand CherokeeJeep's flagship SUV
- Jeep Grand CherokeeAmerican midsize SUV model
- Cherokee syllabaryScript for a tribal language
- Cherokee roseClimbing vine, white blooms