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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Label Occurrences
Cherokee lands within the State of Georgia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Act of 1830 ⓘ
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) ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

United States federal government ⓘ
governedBy Cherokee laws and customs (prior to removal) ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Cherokee people ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee
historicalStatus ceded to the State of Georgia in the 1830s ⓘ
locatedIn State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

United States ⓘ
modernStatus incorporated into multiple Georgia counties ⓘ
no longer under Cherokee political control ⓘ
partOf American Southeast ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 people ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee

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

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