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Sara Roman HIS 200: Applied History Southern New Hampshire University November 11", 2023 Module 1: Topic and Research Question(s) Topic: For my historical analysis, I have chosen to focus on The Cherokee Trail of Tears an event that took place in America during the 1830s. The Cherokee was one of five civilized Native American tribes that the Federal government forced to relocated to “Indian Territory” in the area now known as Oklahoma. Research Question(s): Did the American government at the time consider sharing the land they took from the Native Americans? What were the events that led up to or influenced President Andrew Jackson to enact The Indian Removal Act of 18307 Why did the American settlers have to have the Native Americans land in the southeast and not the land they forced them to west of the Mississippi River? How has The Indian Removal Act of 1830 affected Native Americans throughout history and into today’s society? Search Terms and Sources

Search terms that I have used in my research so far include Cherokee removal, Trail of Tears, Native American AND 1830, Indian Removal Act, Oklahoma AND Cherokee, 1830 AND Andrew Jackson, Cherokee resettlement, Trail of Tears AND Cherokee. My first secondary source is “The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity” by Gregory D. Smithers. Yale University Press, 2015. I found a database through Shapiro Library to an online copy of this book on ProQuest Ebook Central’s website. Another secondary source is “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab” by Steve Inskeep. Penguin Books, 2015. I found this source through EBSCOhost a database available through Shapiro Library. Module 2 Preliminary Writing Plan For my historical event analysis, I have chosen to focus on the Cherokee Trail of Tears an event that took place in American during the 1830s. The Cherokee was one of five civilized Native American tribes that the Federal government forced to relocated to “Indian Territory” in the area now known as Oklahoma. This forced relocation occurred because of The Indian Removal Act of 1830 enacted by President Andrew Jackson. This bill gave the ability to the Federal government to negotiate treaties with the Native American tribes in order to trade their land for unsettled land west of the Mississippi. According to historians, few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy which resulted in the Cherokee tribe being forcibly moved west. During the forced relocation, the Cherokee tribe experienced hunger,

Books, 2015). This is a biography written about Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross and their roles in history, apart and together, and how their actions affected the five civilized Native American tribes associated with the Trail of Tears. These two secondary sources are similar because they both give insight on the impact of the events that resulted in the Trail of Tears. Differences between the two are that “The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity” by Gregory D. Smithers focused directly on the Cherokee tribe and explains what the tribe went through during their journey on the Trail of Tears. While “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab” by Steve Inskeep gives insight on the history, decisions, and affects President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Chief John Ross had not only on the Trail of Tears but throughout other events. When searching for sources, I wanted to find sources that gave me information on the events that led up to creating the Trail of Tears and the historical figures that were involved. I also wanted to understand how the Cherokee tribe was affected before, during, and after the forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears. I used my search terms, Cherokee removal, Trail of Tears, Native American AND 1830, Indian Removal Act, Oklahoma AND Cherokee, 1830 AND Andrew Jackson, Cherokee resettlement, Trail of Tears AND Cherokee, to help me find the best sources, and after reading through multiple sources I believe I found these two to be valuable to my analysis. Module Three Sources (Secondary Source) “The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity” by Gregory D. Smithers. Yale University Press, 2015. I found a

database through Shapiro Library to an online copy of this book on ProQuest Ebook Central’s website. This source explains what the Cherokee tribe went through during the journey on the Trail of Tears. (Secondary Source) “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab” by Steve Inskeep. Penguin Books, 2015. I found this source through EBSCOhost a database available through Shapiro Library. This source gives insight on the history, decisions, and affects President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Chief John Ross had not only on the Trail of Tears but throughout other events. (Primary Source) “Indian Removal Act of 1830” signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, May 28, 1830. I found this source through Library of Congress database. https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collld=lIsl&fileName=004/11s1004.db&recNum=458 This source shows the actual paper copy of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and allows me to read word-for-word what was written. (Primary Source) “Treaty of New Echota” signed by the “Treaty Party” (Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, et al.), December 1835. I found this source through Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/cherokee-removal-and-the-trail-of- tears/sources/1507 This source shows the Treaty and allows me to read word-for-word what was written in it. (Primary Source) “Letter to The Cherokee Tribe of Indians east of the Mississippi River” created by Andrew Jackson, March 16™, 1835. I found this source through DPLA. https://dp.la/primary- source-sets/cherokee-removal-and-the-trail-of-tears/sources/1506 This source allows me to see what was being said between historical figures of the time about the Cherokee tribe.

References Cherokee Trail of Tears | Timeline, summary & history - video & lesson transcript | Study.com. (n.d.). study.com. https://study.com/learn/lesson/cherokee-trail-tears-deaths-timeline- summary.html Inskeep, S. (2015). Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab. Penguin Books. https://eds-p-ebscohost- com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail ?vid=6&sid=77265b21-f8e1-4c12-b5bb- 8c95ab1b6ef8%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzIWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c210Z2Q%3d %3d#db=nlebk&AN=1126999 Smithers, G. (2015). The Cherokee Diaspora An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity. Yale University Press. https://ebookcentral-proquest- com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/lib/snhu-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3446706&query=Cherokee %20removal#