Starr, Emmet.

Summary: A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.373 Starr

Hoig, Stanley W.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arkansas Press 1998

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 HOI

Smith, Daniel Blake.

Summary: An examination of the pervasive effects of the Cherokee nation's forced relocation considers the tribe's inability to acclimate to white culture and explores key roles played by Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and Elias Boudinot.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.004 SMI

Hicks, Brian

Summary: Relates the history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to Indian territory in Oklahoma and the struggle by their principle chief, John Ross, to prevent their removal from their ancestral lands.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROSS, JOHN HIC

Smith, William Jay

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 SMI

Birchfield, D. L.

Summary: An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Cherokee Indians.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BIR

Vander Hook, Sue

Summary: Presents a brief history of the Cherokee Indians and describes their forced migration, which came to be known as the Trail of Tears, following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 VAN

Bjornlund, Lydia D.

Summary: Examines the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their native lands to the Oklahoma Territory, their subsequent history, and the legacy of these events.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BJO

Press, Petra.

Summary: Examines the culture, history, and society of the Cherokee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2002

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 PRE

Inskeep, Steve

Summary: Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson--war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South--whose first major initiative as President instigated the massive expulsion of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.5 INS

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.5 INS

Gilbert, Joan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 GIL

Sedgwick, John

Summary: A history of the nineteenth-century rivalry between Cherokee chiefs The Ridge and John Ross contends that though initially allies, they and their followers became divided on key tenets of peace talks and devastated the Cherokee Nation with division, war, and forced migrations.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 SED

Cleland, Charles E.

Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLE

Sorell, Traci

Summary: The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. She went on to become the first woman Principal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAN

Benoit, Peter

Summary: The story of the forced re-location of five southeastern U.S. Indian nations in the 19th century.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BEN