Resources
Defining “Civilized”
- Success of the “civilizing” project among the Cherokee (letter, 1826)
- Letter from missionary about Cherokee religion (letter, 1818)
- Cherokee Phoenix, "To the Public" (newspaper article, 1828)
U.S. Government’s Removal Policy
- Congressional bill to remove Indians (government document, 1830)
- Andrew Jackson's State of the Union Address, December 6, 1830
- Two opinions in the Worcester V. Georgia U.S. Supreme Court (government document, 1832)
- "To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians" from Jackson (newspaper article, 1835)
- Land lottery map of Cherokee territory in Georgia (map, 1838)
- Claims arising under the Cherokee treaty (government document, 1844)
Resistance to Indian Removal
- Memorial of a Delegation of the Cherokee Nation of Indians (government document, 1830)
- Petition by ladies in Steubenville, OH, against Indian removal (government document, 1830)
- Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation(government document, 1836)
Trail of Tears
- John Burnett’s Story of the Trail of Tears
- Trail of Tears lesson plan from the National Parks Service
- Letter to the Cherokee from Major General Scott (letter, 1838)
Cherokee Indian Leaders
- Manner of Instructing the Indians (image, 1835)
- Southwest View of the Indian Church in Marshpee (image, 1840)
- William Apess (image, 1831)
Sequoyah
- Se-quo-yah (image, 1838)
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum
Chief John Ross
Mashpee Indian Revolt
- A Brief History and Description of Mashpee, Massachusetts (booklet, 1840)
- A Description of the Mashpee Revolt by William Apess (book, 1835)
- Indian Populations, 1830 (government document, 1830)
- Memorial of the Cherokee Nation, December 1829 (letter, 1829)
- The Barnstable Journal Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1833)
- The Boston Courier Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1834)
- The Boston Daily Advocate Reports on the Mashpee Revolt (periodical article, 1833)
- The Cherokee Indians Speak to the U.S. Government (letter, 1824)
- The Cherokees Appeal (poem, 1830)
- The Mashpee Indians Defend William Apess (letter, 1835)
- The Mashpee Indians Lawyer Defends Their Cause (letter, 1834)