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Contextual Readings
[|Timeline]of Cherokee history (17th to 20th centuries)

Henry Timberlake visited and stayed with the Cherokee shortly after the end of the French and Indian War. His is one of the best historical sources for 18th century Cherokee lifeways. The full text of his book is here,. **Read what excerpts you can.** We'll look at some of it in class.

he following documents give some idea of the southeastern tribes that the English encountered when they crossed into the Appalachians and beyond. Read what you can of the following: This short five page 'history' gives a brief account of some of the revitalist/political movements that occurred in Cherokee society in response to pressures from English and American political and economic systems. (Note: quite focused and dealing with religious movements).

One of the key reasons for dispossessing the Cherokee of their lands and claims to lands in the SE was that they were not using it, and had not developed economically as they 'should have' to merit retention of their lands. Read this article to see if you think the Cherokee had developed economically and politically. The following article provides some census data about the Cherokee. This article gives some details about the Cherokee Removal, also known as the Trail of Tears.

Movies
Excerpts from 500 nations we will watch in class. Also, watch this movie by Frank Speck archived at Penn media type="custom" key="2927837"