Once communication and trade between the settlers had started the battles with the Cherokee and their enemies (Catawba, Shawnee, Iroquois, and Algonquin) began to escalate. The British settlers gave the Cherokee guns and made peace treaties with them, as did the French and Spanish. But with disputes among the settles and Native American over their territories. The Native American were slowly being killed off and removed from the lands in which they lived on. The Cherokee would be removed from the territories once gold was discovered.
In 1828, settlers had discovered gold in the Cherokee's Georgia territory. This lead to the forceful and cruel removal of the Cherokee. Andrew Jackson would authorize the "Indian Removal Act", the Native Americans who did not not leave by choice would be forced to be moved by his army. The Cherokee people would lose 4,000 of their own because of the removal. They would travel 2,200 miles to what is present day Oklahoma.
Today, The Cherokee still live in Oklahoma. But the people has split into three different groups: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Band Cherokee Indians, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee. The Cherokee Nation is divided into 14 counties in the Northeastern corner of Oklahoma. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee also live in Oklahoma, but they live separate from the Cherokee Nation in their own counties they own. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians would purchase back their territory in western North Carolina. It is recognized as a land trust and is protected by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.
For me a reflexive view of the Cherokee can related through my own family. My father was born in Mexico and moved to the United States when he was a young boy with the rest of his family. I myself may be able to see in a reflexive view because I moved to Rockford University. I had to move here to be able to attend school. But to be able to put myself in the place of a Cherokee member myself would be hard. For I have never had to endure being forced from my own home made to live somewhere else. I can not even begin to imagine what that would be like.
ReplyDeleteHey Leonel, this is good, really good but you need at least three more paragraphs. Can you talk about power issues, you as a male, student, as someone who has access to all kinds of technology and services. There are other ways in which you can probably try to include your "I" in this research you are doing. That is what reflexive approach means. How can you influence perceptions about the Cherokee with what you are doing? I will give you the score for this assignment, but please, need to add at least three more paragraphs -- do not let this like that until one day before you present. Send me something in addition to this paragraph in a Word doc, and I can send you feedback. Thanks for doing this. Of course, delete this comment once you address my concerns. It wouldn't look good if you leave it there in the final product :-)
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ReplyDeletePlease, add three more paragraphs in your reflexive comment. I gave you a score anticipating that you would complete this work. Please, I need to see the reflexive post. Thank you!