Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cherokee (Eastern Band) Papers, 1752-1907
Collection
Identifier: MC-1964-36
Scope and Contents
The Eastern Band of Cherokees were those who, under the leadership of John Ross, did not subscribe to the treaty of New Echota (1835) and had to be removed by force to the Western lands.However, there had been emigration to the West as early as 1810 by groups who wished to leave Georgia and the term "Western Cherokees" was applied to this group as well as to later emigrants. The papers in the Gilcrease files labeled "Eastern Band" generally apply to any Cherokees who were living...
Dates:
1752 - 1907
Galen Gritts collection of Cherokee Nation-related correspondence, 1919-1922
Collection
Identifier: 2014-034
Scope and Contents
Over 80 documents relating to the Cherokee Nation, including letters and telegrams between agents of the Eastern Immigrant & Western Cherokee Association, a lobbyist in DC and other parties. Also included are a newspaper clippings and US Congressional House Bills.
Dates:
1919 - 1922