Cherokees

[ (cher-uh-keez) ]

A Native American tribe who lived in the Southeast in the early nineteenth century; the Cherokees were known as one of the “civilized tribes” because they built schools and published a newspaper. In the 1830s, the United States government forcibly removed most of the tribe to reservations west of the Mississippi River. (See Trail of Tears.)

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The story goes on to marvel that “15 percent of the Cherokees built at the Ohio plant” are “destined for international markets.”
When Campaign Spin Becomes Fact | Stuart Stevens | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
"You feel the fate of John Ross and the Cherokees," author Hampton Sides wrote of Hicks' "probing, eloquent" history.
This Week's Hot Reads | The Daily Beast | January 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Young Cherokees, stolen away from their nation to be in at the death of the white race in Virginia, were present without leaders.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
From the most remote times, the Cherokees have had one family set apart for the priestly office.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. Brinton
Tch-ee, called Dutch; first War-chief of the Cherokees; a fine-looking fellow, with a turbaned head.
Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. I (of 2) | George Catlin

Among the neighboring Cherokees, was one named Silouee, celebrated as a chief and pow-wow, or medicine man.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam | John Frost
With the Cherokees, for example, the seventh son of a family was usually marked out as a suitable person for the priesthood.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis Spence

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