cherokee indians

A sequence of poems inspired by the forced removal of the Southern Indians, written by contemporary American author William Jay Smith.

Describes the Federal government's seizure of Cherokee land in Georgia and the forced migration of the Cherokee Nation along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

Reveals the lives of the Cherokee people who were forced to travel to an Oklahoma reservation in the winter of 1838, discussing their lives before leaving their homes as well as the hardships faced on the trail.

Describes the life of the Indian activist who became the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

First Woman, upset that First Man will not try a new path, allows her anger to propel her into the unknown forest and refuses to be slowed until the Great Spirit places strawberries in her way. Includes information about the Cherokee Indians.

Text and photographs discuss the life and achievements of the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller.

Tells the story of Wilma Mankiller and how as a young girl she found strength in her Cherokee heritage and grew up to become Chief Mankiller, leader of the Cherokee Nation from 1985-1995.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a method for his people to write and read their own language.

Discusses the Cherokee chief who fought unsuccessfully to protect the land of his people, until they were forced to march along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.

Forrest Carter's controversial work about an orphaned boy in 1930s Appalachian Tennessee who learns about his cultural heritage when he is adopted by his Native American grandparents and learns about prejudice when he is sent to a boarding school run by whites.