Cherokee Nation

Cherokee History Begining in 1863

by John Cornsilk | Page 1 of 4 page(s)

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Cherokee history:

Cherokee Nation (CN) and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) history, how and why CN and CNO are not one and the same, as the leadership of CNO would have the world believe since its inception in 1975. The Cherokee History is told and retold in many arenas on the world wide web. I like the articles at this link http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/ and all the assorted references and citing of all the different sources, of Cherokee history up to and through the Civil War...

My saga begins with June of 1863 Near the end of the Civil war, The Cherokee knew the end of the war was near and what the results would be, so they set out to rectify a longtime wrong within the Cherokee Nation, the owning of another human being; Therefore the National Council of the Cherokee Nation pass an act emancipating their slaves, see an old photograph showing the Act here: http://www.cornsilks.com/1863emplaw.jpg then in April 1865 the final surrender of the South, and the end of the War.

In 1866 because the Cherokee had sided with the south and was on the losing side of a war the Cherokee knew they must negotiate peace with the US Government, and this was to be by treaty, they knew there would be limits of tribal land rights, citizenship rights, etc...And due to the Cherokee Peoples status as a Government the people were offered the right to negotiate the terms of the treaty, not forced to sign as the leaders of the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma would have the world believe. One of the more humane acts of the Federal Government of the time specially in regards to Indian people, and since they had won the war with the Indians as part of the enemies camp.

So the Cherokee Nation, after the Civil war against the United States, signed a treaty of peace with the U.S. The documents which were created during the negotiations leading to the signing of that historic document, the supreme law of the land today shows the Cherokee leadership did not oppose the adoption of the Freedmen they actually encouraged it.

The records show the leadership of the Cherokee Nation...