National Party (Cherokee)

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The National Party (Cherokee) was a 19th-century Cherokee political faction that supported the Treaty of New Echota and advocated for removal to Indian Territory, opposing leaders who resisted forced relocation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century political organization ⓘ
Cherokee political faction ⓘ
activeIn 1830s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicGroupContext Cherokee Nation ⓘ
factionOf Cherokee Nation politics ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrientation accommodationist toward U.S. removal policy ⓘ
historicalContext Trail of Tears period ⓘ
U.S. Indian Removal era ⓘ
issueFocusedOn Cherokee relocation to Indian Territory ⓘ
Indian Removal ⓘ
languageOfOrganization Cherokee ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Alabama (historical Cherokee homeland areas) ⓘ
linked to: Alabama

Georgia (historical Cherokee homeland areas) ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

North Carolina (historical Cherokee homeland areas) ⓘ
Tennessee (historical Cherokee homeland areas) ⓘ
operatedIn Cherokee Nation (East) ⓘ
opposedBy Cherokee National Council majority (anti-removal) ⓘ
Cherokee leaders who resisted forced relocation ⓘ
John Ross faction ⓘ
anti-removal Cherokee faction ⓘ
opposedPolicy continued resistance to U.S. removal policy ⓘ
politicalPosition pro-Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
pro-removal ⓘ
positionOnRemoval supported removal to Indian Territory ⓘ
relatedEvent forced Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears) ⓘ
linked to: Trail of Tears

ratification of the Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
supportedBy Cherokee individuals favoring negotiated removal ⓘ
supportedPolicy emigration to Indian Territory ⓘ
supportedTreaty Treaty of New Echota ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

John Ridge → opposedBy → National Party (Cherokee) ⓘ
Stand Watie → supported → Treaty Party within the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
linked to: National Party (Cherokee)
Thomas Mitchell Buffington → politicalAffiliation → Cherokee National Party ⓘ
linked to: National Party (Cherokee)