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- Title
"If the Union Wins, We Won't Have Anything Left": The Rise and Fall of the Southern Cherokees of Kansas.
- Authors
Cheatham, Gary L.
- Abstract
The article relates the rise and fall of the Southern Cherokees of Kansas. Despite the tribe's arrival in the state before statehood, their place in history was neglected following their departure during the Civil War resulting in postwar loss of their lands. The Cherokees were among the Native Americans who relocated to the Kansas Indian territory between 1825 to 1841. The Cherokee Nation, which is comprised of districts in Indian Territory and Kansas, had the authority to pass and implement laws related to tribal affairs and government relations.
- Subjects
KANSAS; SOUTHERN States; CHEROKEE (North American people); NATIVE Americans; TRAIL of Tears, 1838-1839; GOVERNMENT relations with indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Publication
Kansas History, 2007, Vol 30, Issue 3, p154
- ISSN
0149-9114
- Publication type
Article