78 Year Old
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Female
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From Blanco, TX·
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Joined on July 23, 2006
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Born on January 13th
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My dad was German, my mom was Cherokee, Comanche, and Choctaw.I do a lot of Genealogy, trying to find my roots. I think that every child deserves a legacy and it's left up to us older ones to supply it.
78 Year Old
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Female
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From Blanco, TX·
Invited by: 36019·
Joined on July 23, 2006
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Born on January 13th
Interests
My Native American Heritage.
The Five Civilized Tribes is the term applied to five Native American nations, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole, considered "civilized" by their white society because they had adopted many of the colonists' customs (including the ownership of plantations and slaves) and had generally good relations with their neighbors. The Five Civilized Tribes lived in the Southeastern United States before their removal to other parts of country, especially the future Oklahoma.
Today many Native Americans, especially those from other nations, find the "five civilized tribes" label patronizing or racist. When the tribes are discussed together, sometimes the modified label "Five Tribes" is used to avoid the suggestion that all other indigenous peoples were savages.
The tribes were uprooted from their homes east of the Mississippi River in a series of removals over several decades and moved to what was then called Indian Territory and is now the eastern portion of the state of Oklahoma. The most famous removal was the Trail of Tears of 1838, in which President Martin Van Buren enforced the highly contentious Treaty of New Echota with the Cherokee Nation to exchange their property for land out west.
The Five Tribes were divided during the American Civil War as to which side to support. The Choctaw and Chickasaw fought predominantly on the Confederate side, while the Creek, Seminole and especially the Cherokee were split between the Union and the Confederacy. The Cherokee fought a civil war within their own nation between those who supported the opposing sides.
Once the tribes had been relocated to Indian Territory, the United States government promised them that their lands would be free of white settlement. Of course, some settlers violated the agreement with impunity even before 1893, when the government opened up the "Cherokee Strip" to outside settlement by the Oklahoma Land Run. In 1907, the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory were merged into the new state of Oklahoma; all Five Civilized Tribes have a major presence there today.
Music
Native American, Country, and the Blues. I enjoy these very much.
Movies
Westerns, like," Little Big Man. "
Idols
My Fore Fathers.
Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of the Choctaws in 1831 and then the Cherokees in 1838 to the Western United States. The removal resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 Cherokee Indians. In the Cherokee language, the event is called Nunna daul Isunyi—"the Trail Where We Cried."
The Trail of Tears resulted from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota (New Echota), an agreement signed under the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which exchanged Native American land in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River, but which was never accepted by the elected tribal leadership or a majority of the Cherokee people. Nevertheless, the treaty was enforced by President Martin Van Buren, who sent federal troops to round up about 17,000 Cherokees in camps before being sent to the West. Most of the deaths occurred from disease in these camps. After the initial round up, the U.S. military played a limited role in the journey itself, with the Cherokee Nation taking over supervision of most of the emigration.
The Cherokees were not the only Native Americans forced to emigrate during this era, and so the phrase "Trail of Tears" is sometimes used to refer to similar events endured by other Indian peoples, especially among the "Five Civilized Tribes." In fact, the phrase "Trail of Tears" may have originated as a description of the removal of the Choctaw nation.
