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Trail of tears. F orced relocation and movement of Native American nations Indian Removal Act of 1830 T he Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, then the Chickasaw and finally the Cherokee were removed. Cherokee forced relocation.
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Forcedrelocation and movement of Native American nations • IndianRemovalAct of 1830 • The Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, then the Chickasaw and finally the Cherokee wereremoved
Cherokee forced relocation • forcibly removed from their lands in the Southeastern United States to the Indian Territory (4,000died) • “The Place Where They Cried” • Treaty of New Echota • Georgia Gold Rush • 1838 - the Cherokee began the thousand-mile march
Choctaw voluntary removal • George Gainesto managedthe removals • The Choctaws were transported by wagon – floodhaltedthem • Five steamboats (the Walter Scott, the Brandywine, the Reindeer, the Talma, and the Cleopatra) would ferry Choctaws to their river-based destination • Choctaws made the move to what would be called IndianTerritoryand then later Oklahoma • About 2,500–6,000 died along the trail of tears
Seminole resistance • Resistedto move west • Florida began preparing for war • Indian war parties raided farms and settlements • Neversigned a peace treaty with the United States
Creek dissolution • The Creeks had been forced from Georgia • Treaty of Cusseta - which divided up Creek lands into individual allotments • CreekWar of 1836 • Creeks removedto the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River
Chickasaw monetary removal • Receivedfinancial compensation from the United States for their lands east of the Mississippi River • They followed routes previously established by Choctaws and Creeks • Chickasaws merged with the Choctaw nation