The word “Cherokee” comes from the Muskogee word meaning speaker of another language. The Cherokee tribe lived in the southeast region of the United States, in what is now Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. After the tragic event known as The Trail of Tears occurred, most of the Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma. Even though thousands of Native Americans died on this journey, many modern day Cherokee still live to tell their traditions and way of life. This
factual story behind the Trail of Tears is one of the most neglected subjects in the history of the United States of America. This is remarkable as it was one of the founding events in the formation of the country. Five civilized Native American tribes, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole, were forcibly relocated from their homelands in the east, to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. This was not a diplomatic relocation, as many of the Native Americans did not wish to
Along with slavery, the mass relocation of Indian tribes referred to as Trail of Tears is undoubtedly one of the most shameful events in the history of United States. The mass relocation of Native American population westwards authorized by the U.S. government in 1830 presupposed forced migration of the civilized tribes such as Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Muscogee. After the Removal Act implementation, a large number of Natives was removed from the territory in the south east of the
Sterlin Harjo are not familiar names to most, but they will be some day. The insanely funny sketch comedy group call themselves The 1491s. Comedy is a form of creative art, and requires the talent, but that is not what is being addressed in this research paper. The group is gaining popularity through their videos and Director Sterlin Harjo has played a small part in some of the filmmaking process. The 1491s’ short films use sarcasm, critiques of non-native Americans, and white society’s expectations
emerged from previous studies in which various authors sought to identify correlates related to a long healthy lifestyle Myers & Sweeney (2007). The Wheel of Wellness is a theoretical strength-based approach to mental health. The other model used in research is designed to