July 26, 1827: Cherokee Constitution Adopted
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Suggested Readings
William G. McLoughlin, Cherokee Renascence in the New Republic (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986).
James Mooney, James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1900; reprint, Asheville, North Carolina: Historical Images, 1992).
Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green, The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears (New York: Viking, 2007).
Cherokee Indians. New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3539&sug=y
Georgia Historical Society Online Exhibit: Three Centuries of Georgia History, “Cherokee Removal.”: http://georgiahistory.com/containers/154#Cherokee
Georgia Day Honoree: Sequoyah http://georgiahistory.com/containers/887
The Official Site of the Cherokee Nation: http://www.cherokee.org
Cherokee Phoenix, New Echota, Georgia, March 6, 1828. Newspaper. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (117.03.00) [Digital ID # us0117_03]
Transcript of Cherokee Constitution from PBS.ORG: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/edu/constitutionofcherokeenation.pdf
Search the Cherokee Phoenix on the Digital Library of Georgia
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Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society Georgia Historical Society collection of maps - Indian collection of maps, MS1361-MP, Territories Courtesy of The Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee Indians forced from National Geographic National Geographic, Corbis homelands illustration Images
Memorial and Protest of the Georgia Historical Society Memorial and protest of the Cherokee Nation against Treaty Cherokee Nation, E99.C5 C454 at new Echota. 1836, Rare Pamphlet Collection, Georgia Historical Society
A burlesque parade Andrew Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Jackson Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-9646
Cherokee Phoenix 1828 - New Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Echota GA Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-115659
Historical Caricature of the Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Cherokee Nation Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-89733
John Ross, a Cherokee Chief Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3156
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Cherokee Constitution opening Georgia Historical Society Cherokees of the Old South; a paragraph - transcript. people in transition, Main Collection, E99.C5 M3 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee Country around 1825 - Georgia Historical Society Cherokees of the Old South; a map people in transition, Main Collection, E99.C5 M3 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee Officials Georgia Historical Society Cherokees of the Old South; a people in transition, Main Collection, E99.C5 M3 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee Syllabary Wiki Media Creative Commons
New Echota Courthouse Wiki Media Creative Commons reproduction building
Extract of a letter by Elias Georgia Historical Society Elias Boudinot, Cherokee, & his Boudinot writing about New America Main Collection, Echota E99.C5 B74 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
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Indian Country Map - Echota on Georgia Historical Society Elias Boudinot, Cherokee, & his map America Main Collection, E99.C5 B74 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
New Echota Letter Georgia Historical Society New Echota Letter Cherokee Indians relocation papers, MS 927 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee ration books, 1836, Georgia Historical Society Cherokee ration books, 1836, 1837, 1838 : New Echota 1837, 1838: New Echota, Main Collection, E99.C5 D68 1999 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Trail of Tears map Georgia Historical Society Cherokee removal: before and after, Main Collection, E99.C5 C652 1991 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Cherokee Phoenix first edition New Echota Historical Site Courtesy of New Echota color scan Historical Site
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