FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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The Selkirk Treaty
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Chickasaw Peace Treaty
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Treaty of New Echota
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ratified in 1835, the Treaty of New Echota led to the forced removal of Cherokee people from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory in the West-a migration known as the Trail of Tears.
Detailed explanation-2: -The discovery of gold in north Georgia led to the Cherokee Removal Bill in 1830, and whites swarmed over Cherokee land. Without authorization from Cherokee Chief John Ross, Ridge and a few other Cherokee signed the Treaty of New Echota and agreed to removal west of the Mississippi in exchange for $5 million.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite this, President Jackson ‘negotiated’ the New Treaty of Echota in 1835. This treaty was signed by Major Ridge and members of the Cherokee Nation who were not authorized to sign on their behalf.
Detailed explanation-4: -July 19, 1866–A treaty signed by the CN and the U.S. government abolishes slavery in the Cherokee Nation. As a result, the U.S. government gives “all the right of native Cherokee” to freed black slaves, now known as Freedmen, who reside within tribal boundaries.