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The Cherokee diaspora : an indigenous history of migration, resettlement, and identity /

The Cherokee are one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States, with more than three hundred thousand people across the country claiming tribal membership and nearly one million people internationally professing to have at least one Cherokee Indian ancestor. In this revealing histor...

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Main Author: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Series:Lamar series in western history
Subjects and Genres:
1800 - 1899
1800-talet
Cherokee Indians > Relocation.
Cherokee Indians > Government policy.
Cherokee Indians > Government relations.
Cherokee Indians > History > 19th century.
Cherokee (Indiens) > Déplacement.
Cherokee (Indiens) > Politique gouvernementale.
Cherokee (Indiens) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Native American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Cherokee Indians.
Cherokeser > historia.
History.
Online Access:Full text available from EBSCO PALCI DDA Purchased Titles 2015
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Summary: The Cherokee are one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States, with more than three hundred thousand people across the country claiming tribal membership and nearly one million people internationally professing to have at least one Cherokee Indian ancestor. In this revealing history of Cherokee migration and resettlement, Gregory Smithers uncovers the origins of the Cherokee Diaspora and explores how communities and individuals have negotiated their Cherokee identities, even when geographically removed from the Cherokee Nation headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Beginning in the eighteenth century, the author transports the reader back in time to tell the poignant story of the Cherokee people migrating throughout North America, including their forced exile along the infamous Trail of Tears (1838-39). Smithers tells a remarkable story of courage, cultural innovation, and resilience, exploring the importance of migration and removal, land and tradition, culture and language in defining what it has meant to be Cherokee for a widely scattered people.
Physical Description: 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-345) and index.
ISBN: 9780300169607
0300169604
9780300234671
0300234678

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