National Party (Cherokee)

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The National Party (Cherokee) was a 19th-century Cherokee political faction that supported the Treaty of New Echota and advocated for removal to Indian Territory, opposing leaders who resisted forced relocation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century political organization
Cherokee political faction
activeIn 1830s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicGroupContext Cherokee Nation NERFINISHED
factionOf Cherokee Nation politics
hasPoliticalOrientation accommodationist toward U.S. removal policy
historicalContext Trail of Tears period
U.S. Indian Removal era
issueFocusedOn Cherokee relocation to Indian Territory
Indian Removal
languageOfOrganization Cherokee NERFINISHED
English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Alabama (historical Cherokee homeland areas) NERFINISHED
Georgia (historical Cherokee homeland areas) NERFINISHED
North Carolina (historical Cherokee homeland areas) NERFINISHED
Tennessee (historical Cherokee homeland areas) NERFINISHED
operatedIn Cherokee Nation (East) NERFINISHED
opposedBy Cherokee National Council majority (anti-removal) NERFINISHED
Cherokee leaders who resisted forced relocation
John Ross faction NERFINISHED
anti-removal Cherokee faction
opposedPolicy continued resistance to U.S. removal policy
politicalPosition pro-Treaty of New Echota
pro-removal
positionOnRemoval supported removal to Indian Territory
relatedEvent forced Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears) NERFINISHED
ratification of the Treaty of New Echota
supportedBy Cherokee individuals favoring negotiated removal
supportedPolicy emigration to Indian Territory
supportedTreaty Treaty of New Echota NERFINISHED
timePeriod 19th century

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John Ridge opposedBy National Party (Cherokee)