Treaty Party

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The Treaty Party was a faction of Cherokee leaders in the early 19th century who controversially supported and signed removal treaties with the United States, leading to the forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears.

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Label Occurrences
Treaty Party canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century political faction ⓘ
Cherokee political faction ⓘ
aftermath assassination of several Treaty Party leaders in 1839 ⓘ
long-term political divisions in Cherokee Nation ⓘ
alignedWith U.S. federal government removal policy ⓘ
associatedWith Ridge family ⓘ
conflictWith National Party (John Ross faction) ⓘ
consequenceOfActions Trail of Tears ⓘ
forced relocation of Cherokee people ⓘ
consideredByManyCherokee illegitimate signers of removal treaty ⓘ
countryContext United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupContext Cherokee Nation ⓘ
historicalContext Andrew Jackson administration ⓘ
U.S. Indian Removal policy ⓘ
keyLeader Elias Boudinot ⓘ
John Ridge ⓘ
Major Ridge ⓘ
Stand Watie ⓘ
languageContext Cherokee ⓘ
English ⓘ
legacy source of enduring controversy in Cherokee history ⓘ
motivatedBy belief that removal was inevitable ⓘ
desire to secure best possible terms for Cherokee ⓘ
notableMember Elias Boudinot ⓘ
John Ridge ⓘ
Major Ridge ⓘ
Stand Watie ⓘ
opposed continued resistance to removal ⓘ
opposedBy John Ross faction ⓘ
majority of Cherokee Nation ⓘ
politicalPosition advocacy of removal to Indian Territory ⓘ
politicalStatus minority faction within Cherokee Nation ⓘ
region Alabama ⓘ
Cherokee homelands in the southeastern United States ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
relatedEvent Trail of Tears ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
relatedTo Cherokee removal to Indian Territory ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears
signed removal treaty without authorization of Cherokee National Council ⓘ
supported Cherokee removal treaties ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
viewedByOpponentsAs traitors ⓘ
viewedBySomeHistoriansAs pragmatists facing U.S. expansion ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

John Ridge → politicalMovement → Treaty Party ⓘ
Treaty of New Echota → signatory → Treaty Party ⓘ
Elias Boudinot → memberOf → Treaty Party ⓘ