But by now, Indian removal had become entwined with the state of Georgia's rights and the Cherokee tribes had to make their claims in court. When the Cherokee nation sought aid from the president, he informed them that he would not interfere with the lawful privileges of the state of Georgia. President Jackson saw the solution of the problem with the removal of the Cherokee tribes to lands west. This would keep contact between Indians and colonists rare. He suggested that laws be past so that the Indians would have to move west of the Mississippi river.

e Sioux- Made famous in the film ‘Dances With Wolves’, the Sioux, meaning a large group of Native Americans speaking the same language, were the dominant tribe in the high plains of America. They were often divided into three groups; the Lakota, the Cheyenne and the Oglala Sioux. They were a nomadic people who hunted the buffalo that roamed the high plains. They were excellent horseman and hunters, swift and efficient. The buffalo, seen as a sacred being, provided the Sioux with food, clothing, the coverings for their teepee homes, and the raw material for many of their tools. The Sioux were a very peaceful people, yet, if occasion called for it, could become formidable warriors.

Similar incidents happened between the other "civilized" tribes and white men. The Seminole tribe had land disputes with the state of Florida. The Creek Indians fought many battles against the federal army so they could keep their land in the states of Alabama and Georgia. The Chickasaw and Choctaw had disputes with the state of Mississippi. To ensure peace the government forced these five tribes called the Five Tribes to move out of their lands that they had lived on for generations and to move to land given to them in parts of Oklahoma. Andrew Jackson was quoted as saying that this was a way of protecting them and allowing them time to adjust to the white culture. This land in Oklahoma was thinly settled and was thought to have little value. Within 10 years of the Indian Removal Act, more than 70,000 Indians had moved across the Mississippi in what would become known as the “Trail of Tears.”

The Cherokee Indian tribes of Georgia were the first to feel the effects of the Act. Even though they had a substantial part of land in Georgia which was theirs for many generations, they were immediately brought to the Supreme Court to fight for it. At first it would seem that the Cherokee were going to stay, after signing a written constitution that proclaimed the Cherokee nation had complete jurisdiction over its own territory.

-The Cheyenne- Originally from what is now known as northern Minnesota, they had migrated to the high plains by the early 1800’s and settled from the Missouri River in the North to the Arkansas River of the South, thus, dividing themselves into two groups, the Northern Cheyenne and the Southern. Like the Sioux, with whom they often allied, the Cheyenne were horsemen and buffalo-hunters who obtained most of their physical needs from the shaggy bison.

White settlers began to protest the Cherokee's right to own land in the early 1800's. They demanded that the Cherokee Natio

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