Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia
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Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia were the ancestral territories of the Cherokee people that became the focus of early 19th-century legal and political conflicts over Native American sovereignty and removal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American land
ⓘ
ancestral territory ⓘ disputed territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ legal concept ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Georgia state legislation extending state law over Cherokee territory
ⓘ
Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Treaty of New Echota (1835) ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of New Echota
treaties between the United States and the Cherokee Nation ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Cherokee ⓘ |
| centralTo |
U.S. federal–state conflicts over Indian policy
ⓘ
early 19th-century debates over Native American sovereignty ⓘ legal conflicts between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Georgia ⓘ political conflicts over Indian removal ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
Cherokee Nation (historical)
ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
surface form:
State of Georgia
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| governedBy | Cherokee laws and customs (prior to removal) ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Cherokee
ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee people
|
| historicalStatus | ceded to the State of Georgia in the 1830s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Georgia
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Georgia
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| modernStatus |
incorporated into multiple Georgia counties
ⓘ
no longer under Cherokee political control ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southeast
Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee homeland
|
| preRemovalUse |
Cherokee agricultural settlements
ⓘ
Cherokee council grounds ⓘ Cherokee towns and villages ⓘ |
| rememberedFor |
role in U.S. Indian law jurisprudence
ⓘ
symbolism in Native American sovereignty struggles ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
forced cession of Cherokee territory in Georgia
ⓘ
relocation of Cherokee people to Indian Territory ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Cherokee removal from Georgia
ⓘ
Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ Georgia–Cherokee land disputes ⓘ Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Removal
Trail of Tears ⓘ discovery of gold near Dahlonega ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
ⓘ
Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ other early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court cases on Indian law ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
Jacksonian era ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryOf |
Cherokee Nation (historical)
ⓘ
Cherokee ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee people
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.