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.

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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

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia geographicScope Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia