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Cherokee
Cherokee in Georgia tried to protect their lands by adopting a constitution. -
Removal of Indians
Congress voted to allow the treaties which remove all Indian tribes then living east of the Mississippi. -
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation lacked standing to request an injunction. -
Worcester v. Georgia
n Worcester v. Georgia, The supreme Court ruled Geogia has no force to Indian tirbes so that they can't enter their lands. -
Native american's habitat
Only a few pockets of Native Americans remain east of the Mississippi River, mostly in backcountry areas of New York, Michigan, and Florida -
Indian Appropriations Act
Indian Appropriations Act consolidates western tribes on agricultural reservations to enable westward migration of non-Indians and to facilitate the transcontinental railroad.