Sovereign Nation Era Ends 1800-1827

1817

First action to remove Indians from their lands

Map showing the Cherokee Trail of Tears and other forced relocation marches. Image: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Map showing the Cherokee Trail of Tears and other forced relocation marches. Image: U.S. National Library of Medicine

Cherokee land in Georgia is exchanged for territory in present-day Oklahoma, foreshadowing American Indian removal efforts to relocate southeastern tribes to lands west of the Mississippi (Nies, 1996).

Settler Colonial Policy

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