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Cherokee Timeline

Primary sources: Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC; Cherokee Nation Capitol Building, Tahlequah, OK; The Cherokees Past and Present © 1970 Cherokee Publications, Cherokee, NC; New Echota (Georgia State Parks) Historic Site; Red Clay Historic Site (Tennessee), Cherokee Heritage Center (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Cherokee History, www.powersource.com; Cherokee Nation-Cherokee Timeline, www.crystalinks.com; Cherokee Archaeology, Friends of North Carolina Archaeology, Inc.; Important Dates In Cherokee History (webpage composed by Amy on www2.sjvsj.org); Will Rogers Biography (online) by Joseph H. Carter.

1829

Jackson announces Indian removal policy. Georgia extends its laws over Cherokee Nation.

1812-14

1838-39

The "Trail of Tears" roundup, imprisonment, and forced 800 mile march to Oklahoma causes the death of as many as four thousand or more of the 15,000 to 17,000 Cherokees removed.

Creek war. Cherokee warriors fight alongside future president Andrew Jackson during two campaigns (5 major battles) against the Red Sticks, saving both his army and his life in separate battles.

1970

1738

U.S Supreme court ruling confirms Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations ownership of bed and banks of a 96 mile segment of the Arkansas Riverbed

1828-30

Smallpox epidemic kills 25-50% of the Cherokee population. Nancy Ward is born.

1828 - 30 Georgia Legislature abolishes ("outlaws") the Cherokee tribal government and expands their authority over the Cherokee nation located within their claimed boundaries.

1738-43

1684

1738 - 43 First missionary, Christian Priber, comes to the Cherokees "to establish Utopia."

First treaty is made with the Cherokees.

1760-61

Cherokee war

1721

1540

The Cherokee or Charleston Treaty with the Governor of the Carolinas (South Carolina) involving first land cession. It is the first of ten treaties with Great Britain.

DeSoto enters the Cherokees country, supposedly one of the first seen by the tribe. However, written descriptions of the tribe by the Spanish note a wide range of colors in the tribe, from black to light skinned and fair, according to Moyano and Pardo (1567).

1629-73

trading between the Cherokee and the English settlement begins.

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