cherokee indians

Eleven-year-old Annie Rising Fawn Stuart is sent to live with her uncle, a wealthy Cherokee plantation owner in Georgia, where she befriends a young slave girl and is caught up in the tragic events surrounding the forced Indian removal in 1838.

Describes the attempts to protect the rights of Cherokees living in Georgia beginning in the colonial period, including the landmark Supreme Court cases, Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, and Worcester vs. Georgia.

Follows the life of the cowboy of Cherokee Indian descent who became a popular performer on stage and screen and a noted humorist.

Describes the history of the five tribes of Southeastern America, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole, especially their forcible removal in the 19th century to the Great Plains.

Easy-to-read text, historic art and photography, maps, and activities help introduce young readers to the events surrounding the journey made in the 1830s by sixty thousand Native Americans from the southeastern part of the United States.

Faced with a terrible drought, the forest animals must find a new source of water, and Ji Stu, the rabbit, suggests they dig a well; however, when the well is complete, the animals do not think he should have any water because he did not help with the digging.

Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on the People again. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cherokee Indians.

Text and accompanying photographs examine the how and why of the forced migration of Cherokee and Choctaw tribes and shows the impact it made on the lives of Native Americans.

Describes the life of the first woman to be elected Principal Chief of the Oklahoma Cherokees.

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of 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.