USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The word civilized was applied to the five tribes because, broadly speaking, they had developed extensive economic ties with whites or had assimilated into American settler culture. Some members of these southeastern tribes had adopted European clothing, spoke English, practiced Christianity, and even owned slaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dawes Act of February 8, 1887 marks a turning point in determining tribal citizenship. This Act developed a Federal commission tasked with creating Final Rolls for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma (Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Cherokee Nation, largest of the Five Civilized Tribes of the southeast, is a people of Iroquoian lineage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most members of the five tribes were forced to Indian Territory before 1840, many to what later became the states of Kansas and Oklahoma.