Cherokee Nation Ethnic Heritage Studies Program - Tribal Education Project. 1977.

ArchivalResource

Cherokee Nation Ethnic Heritage Studies Program - Tribal Education Project. 1977.

Contains C̲h̲e̲r̲o̲k̲e̲e̲ N̲a̲t̲i̲o̲n̲ o̲f̲ O̲k̲l̲a̲h̲o̲m̲a̲ a 65 page history of the Cherokee people designed for middle school grades; a 2 page Culture Awareness Text; a 7 page Cherokee history chronology; a 6 page annotated bibliography on Cherokee Indians; an 11 page collection of essays on Cherokee topics; and a 2 page final report.

6 items.

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq5v6k (corporateBody)

Cherokee nation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65472p6 (corporateBody)

Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...