Violence and the competition for sovereignty in Cherokee Country, 1829–1835
@article{Pratt2016ViolenceAT, title={Violence and the competition for sovereignty in Cherokee Country, 1829–1835}, author={A. Pratt}, journal={American Nineteenth Century History}, year={2016}, volume={17}, pages={181 - 197} }
ABSTRACT Beginning in 1829 with the discovery of gold and ending in 1835 with the ratification of the Treaty of New Echota, three political entities waged a struggle for political sovereignty over the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokees, of course, had their national self-determination at stake. They referenced treaties with the U.S. government that reaffirmed their status as an independent nation, but also looked to the federal government and its commitments in those same treaties to help the… Expand
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