Red Clay, Cherokee Nation

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Red Clay, Cherokee Nation was the 19th-century political and ceremonial capital of the Cherokee Nation in present-day Tennessee, serving as the site of major national councils before the forced removal known as the Trail of Tears.

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Red Clay, Cherokee Nation canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cherokee Nation capital ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1838 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1832 ⓘ
associatedEvent Trail of Tears ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Cherokee people ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of New Echota (indirectly, as part of removal context) ⓘ
capitalOf Cherokee Nation (pre–Trail of Tears) ⓘ
countryAtTime United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Cherokee sovereignty in the East ⓘ
currentSiteName Red Clay State Historic Park ⓘ
ethnohistoricalContext Southeastern Woodlands tribes history ⓘ
followedBy Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory ⓘ
governedBy Cherokee National Council ⓘ
governingBodyAtTime Cherokee Nation government ⓘ
hasFunction site for ceremonial gatherings ⓘ
site for political decision-making ⓘ
site for treaty discussions ⓘ
hasRemnant blue hole spring ⓘ
council ground ⓘ
spring ⓘ
heritageDesignation state historic area ⓘ
historicalRole center of Cherokee resistance to removal ⓘ
languageUsed Cherokee ⓘ
English ⓘ
linkedToEvent forced removal of the Cherokee ⓘ
preparations for the Trail of Tears ⓘ
locatedIn Bradley County, Tennessee ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
locatedNear Georgia state line ⓘ
precededBy New Echota, Cherokee Nation ⓘ
linked to: New Echota, Georgia
reasonForEstablishment loss of Cherokee governmental authority in Georgia ⓘ
region Southern Appalachia ⓘ
replaced New Echota ⓘ
replacedAsCapitalOf New Echota as Cherokee capital ⓘ
servedAs last seat of Cherokee national government in the East ⓘ
meeting place of the Cherokee National Council ⓘ
site of major Cherokee national councils ⓘ
significance last council grounds of the Cherokee in the East ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial capital of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
political capital of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ

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John Ross → residence → Red Clay, Cherokee Nation ⓘ
subject linked to: Principal Chief John Ross