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Treaty between two Cherokee towns with English traders of Carolina, 1684 Established a steady trade in deerskins and Indian slaves. Cherokee leaders who signed were: the Raven (Corani or Kalanu); Sinnawa the Hawk (Tawodi); Nellawgitchi (possibly Mankiller); Gorhaleke; Owasta; – all from Toxawa; and Canacaught (the Great Conqueror); Gohoma; and Caunasaita of Keowa.
The Treaty of Turkeytown, also known as the Treaty with the Cherokee and the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House (Cherokee) was negotiated on 14 September 1816, between delegates of the former Cherokee Nation on the one part and Major General Andrew Jackson, General David Meriwether and Jesse Franklin, Esq., who served as agents of the United States in the capacity of "commissioners ...
The Cherokee freedmen, descendants of African American slaves owned by citizens of the Cherokee Nation during the Antebellum Period, were first guaranteed Cherokee citizenship under a treaty with the United States in 1866.
The Treaty of Holston (or Treaty of the Holston) was a treaty between the United States government and the Cherokee signed on July 2, 1791, and proclaimed on February 7, 1792. It was negotiated and signed by William Blount , governor of the Southwest Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district of the United States ...
The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia, by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party. [1] The treaty established terms for the Cherokee Nation to cede its territory in the southeast and move west to the Indian Territory.
Pages in category "Cherokee and United States treaties" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Treaty with the Cherokee: 14 Stat. 799: 1866: July 19: Supplement to Treaty with the Cherokee: 16 Stat. 727: 1867: February 18: Treaty with the Sauk and Foxes: 15 Stat. 495: 1867: February 19: Treaty with the Sioux—Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands: 15 Stat. 505: 1867: February 19: Treaty with the Seneca, Mixed Seneca and Shawnee, Quapaw, etc. 15 ...
When the Cherokee negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, they exchanged all their land east of the Mississippi for land in modern Oklahoma and a $5 million payment from the federal government. Many Cherokee felt betrayed that their leadership accepted the deal, and over 16,000 Cherokee signed a petition to prevent the passage of the treaty.