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    The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, pronounced Tsalagihi Ayeli) was a legal, autonomous, tribal government in North America recognized from 1794 to...
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    The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ Tsalagihi Ayeli or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ Tsalagiyehli), formerly known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three...
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    The 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory...
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    (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: Guwisguwi, lit. 'Mysterious Little White Bird'; October 3, 1790 – August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee...
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    border between 96 and 100°W. The Cherokee Outlet was created in 1836. The United States forced the Cherokee Nation of Indians to cede to the United States...
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  • in 1794, when the Cherokee began to formalize a more centralized political structure. They founded the original Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation–East...
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    Stand Watie (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee Nation allied with the...
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    of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast: the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles. White...
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    and Cherokee on February 21, 1828, in New Echota, capital of the Cherokee Nation (present-day Georgia). The paper continued until 1834. The Cherokee Phoenix...
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    Indian Territory (category Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    towns: Cherokee Nation – Tahlequah Chickasaw Nation – Tishomingo (later moved to Ada) Choctaw Nation – Tuskahoma (later moved to Durant) Creek Nation – Okmulgee...
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    Completed in 1869, it served as the capitol building of the Cherokee Nation from 1869 to 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. It now serves as the site of...
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  • the Cherokee Nation–West, and was a leader of the Texas Cherokees (Tshalagiyi nvdagi). Di'wali was born around 1756 in Little Hiwassee, a Cherokee town...
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  • United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, also based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee can also refer to: Cherokee Nation (17941907), the historical government...
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  • Cherokee Nation. Named at birth Enola (also rendered Inali or Enoli), Black Fox was born about 1746. He was a brother-in-law of Chickamauga Cherokee leader...
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  • Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 294 (1902) was a US Supreme Court case that decided the US Congress has the right to pass legislation that controls...
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    full-scale frontier battles in the Old Southwest from 1776 to 1794 between the Cherokee and American settlers on the frontier. Most of the events took...
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  • is a list of plants documented to have been traditionally used by the Cherokee, and how they are used. Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (commonly known...
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  • Dawes Rolls (category Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    Archived 2019-01-28 at the Wayback Machine" at the Cherokee Nation website. "Tribal Citizenship". Cherokee Nation. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved...
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  • Seneca River (South Carolina) (category Rivers of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    often referred to as the Seneca. Mooney, James (2008) [1900]. Myths of the Cherokee. Forgotten Books. p. 270. ISBN 9781605068879. U.S. Geological Survey. National...
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  • Cherokee headman of Cayuga town, eventually rising to Principal Chief of the first Cherokee Nation. He was one of the "Old Settlers" of the Cherokee Nation—West...
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    Cherokee remained a fragmented people. At the founding of the first Cherokee Nation in 1794, the now united people still controlled a large area encompassing...
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  • The Cherokee Female Seminary was built by the Cherokee Nation in 1889 near Tahlequah, Indian Territory. It replaced their original girls' seminary, the...
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  • Little Turkey (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    was First Beloved Man of the Cherokee people. In 1794, he became the first Principal Chief of the original Cherokee Nation. Little Turkey, born in 1758...
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    William P. Ross (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation 1866-1867 and 1872-1875. Born to a Scottish father and a mixed-blood Cherokee mother (the sister of future...
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    Federal Road through Cherokee lands, originally called the Georgia Road, was a federal toll highway passing through the Cherokee Nation in the northern part...
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  • Pathkiller (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    Pathkiller (died January 8, 1827) was a Cherokee warrior and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Pathkiller, whose tribal name is unknown, fought...
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  • The Cherokee Strip of Kansas, in the United States, was a disputed strip of land on the southern border of the state. In 1825 the Osage Nation was given...
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    John Jolly (category Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (17941907))
    tribal government around 1818, he was made Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation–West. Jolly was a wealthy slave-owning planter, cow rancher, and merchant...
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    The Museum of the Cherokee People (MTCP), formerly known as the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI), is a 501(c)3 nonprofit cultural arts and history museum...
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    Murrell Home (category Cherokee Nation (17941907) buildings and structures)
    near Tahlequah, Oklahoma in the Cherokee Nation. Built in 1845, it is one of the few buildings to survive in Cherokee lands from the antebellum period...
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