USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the final removal to present-day Oklahoma, many Cherokees relocated to present-day Arkansas, Missouri and Texas. Between 1775 and 1786 the Cherokee, along with people of other nations such as the Choctaw and Chickasaw, began voluntarily settling along the Arkansas and Red Rivers.

Detailed explanation-2: -They were “removed” after a series of congressional and court battles and were driven by the U.S. military over what became known as “the Trail of Tears” (1838–39). Before the removal the Cherokee resolved to keep their government in operation throughout the exile and upon arrival in the Indian Territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 24, 1839, the last detachments arrived in the west. Some of them had left their homeland on September 20, 1838. No one knows exactly how many died during the journey. Missionary doctor Elizur Butler, who accompanied one of the detachments, estimated that nearly one fifth of the Cherokee population died.

Detailed explanation-4: -Upon settling in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) after the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokee people established a new government in what is now the city of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-5: -Originally located in the southeastern United States in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, the Cherokee Nation was forced to relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 after gold was discovered in our homelands.