Cherokee Nation (historical)

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indigenous polity sovereign Native American nation

The historical Cherokee Nation was a sovereign Native American nation in the southeastern United States whose ancestral lands, rich in resources like gold, became the focus of intense settler encroachment and ultimately led to forced removal along the Trail of Tears.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cherokee Nation	7
Cherokee	3
Cherokee people	3
Cherokee Nation (in Indian Territory/Oklahoma)	1
Cherokee Nation (pre–Removal)	1
Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory	1
Cherokee homeland (historical)	1
The Cherokee Nation is a distinct community with self-government in which the laws of Georgia can have no force	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous polity ⓘ sovereign Native American nation ⓘ
ancestralTerritory	Appalachian Mountains region ⓘ southern Appalachians ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Trail of Tears ⓘ
capital	Chota ⓘ New Echota ⓘ surface form: Echota New Echota ⓘ
causeOfConflict	gold discoveries on Cherokee land ⓘ settler encroachment on Cherokee lands ⓘ
conflictWith	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia United States government ⓘ United States settlers ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalRegion	Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
deathTollEstimate	approximately 4,000 Cherokee during Trail of Tears ⓘ
describedAs	domestic dependent nation by U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
developed	Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ hunting and fishing ⓘ trade with European Americans ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Cherokee Nation (historical) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cherokee people
event	Georgia Gold Rush ⓘ
forcedRemoval	Trail of Tears ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional republic ⓘ
hasLegalDocument	Cherokee Constitution of 1827 ⓘ
hasNewspaper	Cherokee Phoenix ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Chief ⓘ surface form: Principal Chief
language	Cherokee language ⓘ
languageFamily	Iroquoian languages ⓘ
legalCase	Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) Worcester v. Georgia ⓘ surface form: Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
locatedIn	present-day Alabama ⓘ present-day Georgia ⓘ present-day North Carolina ⓘ present-day South Carolina ⓘ present-day Tennessee ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: southeastern United States
notableLeader	Elias Boudinot ⓘ surface form: Elias Boudinot (Cherokee) John Ridge ⓘ John Ross ⓘ Major Ridge ⓘ Sequoyah ⓘ
populationAffectedByRemoval	thousands of Cherokee people ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States government (early 19th century)
religion	traditional Cherokee religion ⓘ
removalPeriod	1830s ⓘ
significantTreaty	Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ Treaty of Hopewell ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Hopewell (1785) Treaty of New Echota (1835) ⓘ
successor	Cherokee Nation (historical) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cherokee Nation (in Indian Territory/Oklahoma) Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ
treatyWith	United States of America ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgia Gold Rush → affectedEthnicGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee

Indian Removal policy of the United States → affectedGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Trail of Tears → appliesToEthnicGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Sam Houston → associatedWith → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Nation (historical) → ethnicGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee people

Indian Territory → ethnicGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee people

Will Rogers → ethnicGroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Hancock (Cherokee leader) → ethnicity → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee

Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Lynn Riggs → hasWorkSubject → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee people

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma → historicalPredecessor → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

subject surface form: Cherokee Nation

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation (pre–Removal)

Worcester v. Georgia → holding → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Cherokee Nation is a distinct community with self-government in which the laws of Georgia can have no force

Worcester v. Georgia → involvedTribe → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Fort Payne → locatedIn → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee homeland (historical)

Bartlesville → locatedInFormerTerritory → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

Yamasee War → mainBelligerent → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee

Trail of Tears → opposedBy → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation

Claremore, Oklahoma Territory, United States → partOf → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

Oologah, Indian Territory, United States → partOf → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

Georgia Gold Rush → significantRegion → Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ

Cherokee Nation (historical) → successor → Cherokee Nation (historical) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherokee Nation (in Indian Territory/Oklahoma)