Cherokee removal

The Cherokee removal (May 25, 1838 – 1839), part of the <a href="/facts/Indian_removal/jV49qdPj">Indian removal</a>, refers to the <a href="/facts/Forced_displacement/lKjCS4R2">forced displacement</a> of an estimated 15,500 <a href="/facts/Cherokee/M43yAzsu">Cherokees</a> and 1,500 <a href="/facts/African-American/pTgcAdo8">African-American</a> <a href="/facts/Slavery_among_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States/Y0h55pIS">slaves</a> from the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. states</a> of <a href="/facts/Georgia_(U.S._state)/KKnTDY6F">Georgia</a>, <a href="/facts/North_Carolina/VhKNTULI">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/facts/Tennessee/A3mLY9bu">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a> to the <a href="/facts/Indian_Territory/9FnoEoHy">West</a> according to the terms of the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_New_Echota/Az56rlTt">1835 Treaty of New Echota</a>. It is estimated that 3,500 Cherokees and African-American slaves died en route.
The Cherokee have come to call the event Nu na da ul tsun yi (the place where they cried); another term is Tlo va sa (our removal). Neither phrase was used at the time, and both seem to be of <a href="/facts/Choctaw/tRfRBwBu">Choctaw</a> origin. Other <a href="/facts/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States/lr8Qmd6N">American Indian</a> groups in the <a href="/facts/Southern_United_States/ppnGuAtB">American South</a>, <a href="/facts/Northern_United_States/rEDDwPGk">North</a>, <a href="/facts/Midwestern_United_States/VanHjkw2">Midwest</a>, <a href="/facts/Southwestern_United_States/LjLFs9fC">Southwest</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Great_Plains/LWPW30WU">Plains</a> regions were removed, some voluntarily, some reluctantly, and some by force. The <a href="/facts/Chickasaw/p7IdGIad">Chickasaw</a>, Choctaw, <a href="/facts/Muscogee/rh6VII7Q">Muscogee</a> (<a href="/facts/Creek_Indian/rh6VII7Q">Creek</a>), and Cherokee were removed reluctantly. The <a href="/facts/Seminole/joWMK82W">Seminole</a> in <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a> resisted removal by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> for decades (1817–1850) with <a href="/facts/Guerrilla_warfare/IMWNg4bI">guerrilla warfare</a>, part of the intermittent <a href="/facts/Native_American_Wars/SfKx2Rtn">Native American Wars</a> that lasted from 1540 to 1924. Some Seminole remained in their Florida home country, while others were transported to Indian Territory in shackles.
The phrase "<a href="/facts/Trail_of_Tears/DargBK6c">Trail of Tears</a>" is used to refer to similar events endured by other Indian groups, especially among the "<a href="/facts/Five_Civilized_Tribes/l91lYCTt">Five Civilized Tribes</a>". The phrase originated as a description of the involuntary <a href="/facts/Choctaw_Trail_of_Tears/bvVUBQlC">removal of the Choctaw</a> in 1831.

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Cherokee removal