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The Trail of Tears and Indian Removal by
In 1838, the U.S. Government began to forcibly relocate thousands of Cherokees from their homelands in Georgia to the Western territories. The event the Cherokees called The Trail Where They Cried meant their own loss of life, sovereignty, and property. Moreover, it allowed visions of Manifest Destiny to contradict the government's previous civilization campaign policy toward American Indians. The tortuous journey West was one of the final blows causing a division within the Cherokee nation itself, over civilization and identity, tradition and progress, east and west. The Trail of Tears also introduced an era of Indian removal that reshaped the face of Native America geographically, politically, economically, and socially. Engaging thematic chapters explore the events surrounding the Trail of Tears and the era of Indian removal, including the invention of the Cherokee alphabet, the conflict between the preservation of Cherokee culture and the call to assimilate, Andrew Jackson's imperial presidency, and the negotiation of legislation and land treaties. Biographies of key figures, an annotated bibliography, and an extensive selection of primary documents round out the work.
Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9780313336584Publication Date: 2006-12-01
Indian Removal by
It is unlikely that any single book or document will ever earn a more firmly-fixed position of respect and authority than this distinguished volume by Grant Foreman. Originally published in 1932, on the date of the hundredth anniversary of the arrival in Oklahoma of the first Indians as a result of the United States government's relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Indian Removal remains today the definitive book in its field. The forcible uprooting and expulsion of the 60,000 Indians comprising the Five Civilized Tribes, including the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole, unfolded a story without parallel in the history of the United States. For more than a decade thousands of tragedies and experiences of absorbing interest marked the removal over the "Trail of Tears," but there were no chroniclers at hand to record them. Only occasionally did the tragedy and pathos of some phase of this history-making undertaking beguile a sympathetic officer to turn from routine and write a line or a paragraph of comment. From fragments in thousands of manuscripts and in official and unofficial reports Grant Foreman gleaned the materials for this book to provide readers with an unbiased day-by-day recital of events.
Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 9780585112794Publication Date: 1953-01-01
In the Courts of the Conqueror by Call Number: Online ResourceISBN: 1555913849Publication Date: 2012-07-17A vivid account of ten Supreme Court cases that changed the fate of Native Americans, providing the contemporary historical and political context of each case, and explaining how the decisions have adversely affected the cultural survival of Native people to this day.
- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
- Johnson v. M'Intosh
- Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock
Indian Law Stories by Call Number: Online Resource (Westlaw Study Aids)ISBN: 9781599417295Publication Date: 2010-12-28Contact a librarian for help accessing this book.
- Chapter 1: The Judicial Conquest of Native America: The Story of Johnson v. M’Intosh
- Chapter 2: The Tribal Struggle for Indian Sovereignty: The Story
of the Cherokee Cases - includes a discussion of Worcester v. Georgia 31 U.S. 515 (1832). - Chapter 6: The Apex of Congress’ Plenary Power over Indian Affairs: The Story of Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock
- Chapter 8: Mark the Plumber v. Tribal Empire, or Non–Indian Anxiety v.Tribal Sovereignty?: The Story of Oliphant v. Suquamish IndianTribe
