The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears
- ISBN-10
- 067003150X
- ISBN-13
- 9780670031504
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Michael D. Green, Theda Perdue
Description
Documents the 1830s policy shift of the U.S. government through which it discontinued efforts to assimilate Native Americans in favor of forcibly relocating them west of the Mississippi, in an account that traces the decision's specific effect on the Cherokee Nation, U.S.-Indian relations, and contemporary society.
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