The Cherokee Nation, then, is a distinct community occupying its own territory… in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter but with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties and with the acts of Congress. The whole intercourse between the United States and this Nation, is, by our Constitution and laws, vested in the Government of the United States.
Let's go
John Ross,Chief ofCherokees
President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson,7th US President
Nah, I'll just completely ignore what happened in the Supreme Court and proceed with the Indian Removal Act of 1830
William McIntosh George Troup
William McIntosh,Chief of Creeks
Yoooo it's my favorite cousin McIntosh... So uh I told the US government to expedite the removal of Native Americans
Can you help out by any chance?
George McIntosh Troup,Georgia Governor
Treaty of Indian Springs of 1821
Creeks will cede all land to the east of the Flint River to Alabama and Georgia.
Treaty of New Echota of 1835
We agree to exchange 7 million acres of our land west of the Mississippi River for $5 million.
Trail of Tears
From Northwest Georgia...
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes
The US Congress
The Treaty Party
...To Native Reservation in Oklahoma
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