Cherokee–United States relations

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Cherokee–United States relations encompass the complex historical, diplomatic, and often contentious interactions between the Cherokee Nation and the U.S. government, including treaties, land cessions, legal battles, and forced removal.

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Cherokee–United States relations canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral relations ⓘ
historical relationship ⓘ
characterizedBy asymmetrical power dynamics ⓘ
contested interpretations of sovereignty ⓘ
federal-tribal trust relationship ⓘ
repeated land loss by the Cherokee ⓘ
hasAspect citizenship questions ⓘ
economic relations ⓘ
federal recognition ⓘ
forced removal ⓘ
jurisdictional conflicts ⓘ
land cessions ⓘ
legal disputes ⓘ
military alliances and conflicts ⓘ
sovereignty issues ⓘ
treaty-making ⓘ
tribal self-government ⓘ
involvesTerritory Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Territory

present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
present-day North Carolina ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
southeastern United States ⓘ
legalFramework U.S. Constitution Indian Commerce Clause ⓘ
federal Indian law ⓘ
treaty obligations ⓘ
mainParticipants Cherokee Nation ⓘ
U.S. federal government ⓘ
U.S. state governments ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
ongoingIssues economic development and federal funding ⓘ
jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters ⓘ
recognition of tribal citizenship and enrollment policies ⓘ
resource management and land rights ⓘ
precededBy Cherokee–British relations ⓘ
significantEvent Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) ⓘ
Civil War-era alliances ⓘ
Curtis Act of 1898 ⓘ
Dawes Act implementation in Cherokee lands ⓘ
Indian Removal Act (1830) ⓘ
Indian Reorganization era policies ⓘ
Oklahoma statehood (1907) ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma Territory

Self-determination era (post-1960s) ⓘ
Trail of Tears ⓘ
Treaty of Holston (1791) ⓘ
Treaty of Hopewell (1785) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Hopewell

Treaty of New Echota (1835) ⓘ
Treaty of Tellico (1798) ⓘ
Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ⓘ
federal recognition of Cherokee tribal governments ⓘ
startTime late 18th century ⓘ

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Treaty of Hopewell → mainSubject → Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ
Turkeytown, Cherokee Nation → associatedWith → Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota → conflict → Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ
Treaty of Tellico (1798) → mainSubject → Cherokee–United States relations ⓘ