General Orders Pertaining to Removal of the Cherokees.

Potter, Lee Ann; Schamel, Wynell

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ERIC Number: EJ590451

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Publication Date: 1999

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General Orders Pertaining to Removal of the Cherokees.

Potter, Lee Ann; Schamel, Wynell

Social Education, v63 n1 p32-38 Jan-Feb 1999

Discusses the controversy surrounding the ends of the Treaty of New Echota (the removal of eastern Cherokees from their land). Describes the Cherokee's route and the hardships they endured during their trek to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi, known as the "Trail of Tears." Provides nine teaching suggestions. (CMK)

Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cherokee (Tribe), Federal Indian Relationship, Primary Sources, Relocation, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Treaties, Tribal Sovereignty, United States History

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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