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A 4 page discussion of the injustices inflicted during the early nineteenth century to the Cherokee people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPnachertrail.rtf
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The Cherokee are arguably the best known of the Native American tribes. This is the case not just because they have endured a long history of interaction with
the non-Native peoples that invaded their lands but also because many Cherokee eagerly embraced non-Native ways when they were exposed to those ways. Consequently, the Cherokee were more willingly
accepted by non-Native society than were other tribes. Although this level of acceptance varied by individual, sometimes there was an almost full integration into white society. Indeed, even
intermarriage between the Cherokee and non-Natives has been quite prominent over time. Interestingly, however, when push came to shove in the early nineteenth century the Cherokee were forced out
of their lands just like other Native Americans were forced out. The Cherokees willingness to become "civilized" gained them little in terms of special consideration from the people that
wanted their lands and the resources that those lands held. If one time in history had to be identified as having the
most impact to the Cherokee, that time would be the early nineteenth century and the forced removal that occurred then. That forced removal became known as "The Trail of
Tears", an event that proved once and for all that no matter what the Cherokee or other tribes did they would always be regarded as inferior when their rights came
into conflict with white desire. The Trail of Tears occurred because the Cherokees occupancy of their traditional lands became an obstacle for those that wanted those lands. History, of
course, has recognized the injustice of the Removal. That recognition has even shaped such monumental law as the Fourteenth Amendment (Magliocca 475). While that recognition is important, however,
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