Principal Chief John Ross

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Principal Chief John Ross was the long-serving leader of the Cherokee Nation in the 19th century, known for his determined legal and political resistance to U.S. policies of Indian removal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cherokee leader ⓘ
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor Cherokee sovereignty ⓘ
protection of Cherokee lands ⓘ
alternateName Koo-wi-s-gu-wi ⓘ
burialPlace Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee Nation (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1790-10-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-08-01 ⓘ
endTime 1866 (as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation) ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicity Cherokee ⓘ
faced U.S. Indian Removal Act of 1830 ⓘ
hadChild Annie Brian Ross ⓘ
George Washington Ross ⓘ
James McDonald Ross ⓘ
John Ross Jr. ⓘ
linked to: John Ross
heritage mixed Scottish and Cherokee ancestry ⓘ
languageSpoken Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee language

English ⓘ
led Cherokee Nation ⓘ
memberOf Cherokee Nation ⓘ
metWith U.S. President Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
linked to: Abraham Lincoln

U.S. President Andrew Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Andrew Jackson
name John Ross ⓘ
notableFor leadership during the Trail of Tears ⓘ
legal and political resistance to U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ
long-serving leadership of the Cherokee Nation in the 19th century ⓘ
opposition to the Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
tribal chief ⓘ
opposed forced removal of the Cherokee from their homelands ⓘ
participatedIn legal challenges to the Indian Removal Act ⓘ
negotiations with the United States regarding Cherokee removal ⓘ
placeOfBirth Turkeytown, Cherokee Nation (near present-day Alabama) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Park Hill, Cherokee Nation (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
Red Clay, Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Ross’s Landing (present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee) ⓘ
signed petitions and memorials to the U.S. Congress against removal ⓘ
spouse Mary Brian Stapler Ross ⓘ
Quatie Brown Henley Ross ⓘ
linked to: Quatie Brown Ross
startTime 1828 (as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation) ⓘ
supported Union (during the American Civil War) ⓘ
linked to: Union (North)

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

Trail of Tears → opposedBy → Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
Civil War in Indian Territory → notableCommander → John Ross (Cherokee chief) ⓘ
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Cherokee Constitution of 1827 → establishedOffice → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
Major Ridge → opposedBy → Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota → opposedBy → Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of New Echota (1835)
John Ross → positionHeld → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
subject linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
William Charles Rogers → positionHeld → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
Deputy Principal Chief → subordinateTo → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
Deputy Principal Chief → officeHoldersAssist → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
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Deputy Principal Chief → maySucceed → Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
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Guwisguwi → alsoKnownAs → Chief John Ross ⓘ
linked to: Principal Chief John Ross
Park Hill, Cherokee Nation → associatedWith → Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota → opposedBy → Principal Chief John Ross ⓘ