You can continue to say that, but the backlash is going to be on the
Cherokee. They were one of the Five Civilized Tribes, those who wanted to
emulate the white man. In the end the white man treated them just like the
rest of the Tribes (the ones they sold out), and sent them on, The Trail of
Tears. The Cherokee are the first to talk about the US Government not
honoring Treaties, and then you do the same thing. You can keep pointing
that finger at the government, but your own leaders are gloating and
bragging (on the news), that this is democracy at work. What is good for
the goose is good for the gander.
Anita
>From: Coats Family History <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Cherokee Election March 3rd Q&A
>Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:14:14 -0800
>
>Once again this is a Cherokee by Blood issue....Cherokee democracy at
>work...
>
>The Freedment didn't sign the 1866 treaty and the US forced the
>Cherokees to enter into that treaty...
>
>Once again not the Cherokee Nation's fault, the Dawes choose to record
>the information the way they did...
>
>I have no family stories of slaves among my Cherokee ancestors...so I
>admit no knowledge of slaves and their owners....
>
>Charlotte
>
>
>
>On 3/4/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>There is a United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia that celebrates their
>>ancestry
>>in the state. They were mostly located in the mountains in the SW part of
>>the state.
>>
>>The Cherokees were slaveowners and while they banned the ownership of
>>Indian
>>slaves in the early 18th century as a tribal matter, they collected and
>>kept
>>Black slaves up until 1866 when that ended via treaty with the US. See,
>>Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society. The
>>Cherokee were
>>notoriously cruel slave owners and developed great skill in tracking down
>>runaway slaves for white owners; however some had a habit of killing the
>>Black
>>slaves once they found them and so the Cherokee fell out of favor as
>>slave
>>catchers. Seems like this dislike for their Black brothers goes a ways
>>back.
>>76% is a pretty telling indication of how the tribal members still feel.
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