Jackson’sPolicytowardsNativeAmericans.pptVIP

Jackson’s Policy towards Native Americans During Jackson’s Presidency, Native Americans were forced to move west of the Mississippi River Key Vocabulary and Key People Key Terms Indian Removal Act Indian Territory Bureau of Indian Affairs Worcester v. Georgia Trail of Tears Key People Sequoya Black Hawk Osceola All Dressed up with Nowhere to be As Americans moved west they hoped Native Americans would either assimilate to their culture or leave the lands About 100,000 Native Americans in the Five Civilized Tribes(the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians) remained east of the Mississippi River Facing opposition from congress and some religions, The Indian Removal Act allowed the forced movement of the Native Americans Federal Protection As more settlers took Native American Lands they were moved to Indian Territory near Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska John C. Calhoun Argued that the Indian Removal Act would protect BOTH native Americans and Settlers from future conflicts To help with the removal and resettlement the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created to organize the movement Resistance is Futile The Mississippi Government Forced the Choctaw tribe to Sign over 7.5 Million Acres of Land and Moved them to Indian Territory The Choctaw were not given enough food or clothing to make the winter journey and over one-fourth would die of cold, disease, or starvation As news of the Choctaw spread, the Creek Indians would resist, forcing federal troops to assist in their capture The Chickasaw tried to negotiate for more supplies for their journey to Indian Territory but many still died Cherokee People…Cherokee Tribe Under Sequoya, the Cherokee people adapted to the new white culture to avoid conflict The Cherokee set up schools, adopted White Fashions, and even published their own Newspaper The Cherokee would adopt a Cherokee constitution in Georgia but as gold was discovered the federal government planned to move them out Can I have anot