Cherokee Phoenix Index - Cherokee Newspapers
The Cherokee Phoenix was the official newspaper of the Cherokee nation. This site offers copies of newspapers published between 1928 and 1931
The Cherokee Removal Lesson Lincoln Net
In four groups, students read statements from Jackon's removal message, congressmen supporting, congressmen opposing and some Cherokees themselves. They then debate Cherokee Removal from these perspectives. The resources make this lesson adaptable in the classroom or in an online discussion. "Trail of Tears" lesson almost always ignore acknowledging the fact that the federal government agreed to relocate Native Americans out of Georgia as part of the agreement by which Georgia gave up western land claims to the federal government
Children | Family | Jackson Family | The Hermitage
This page from web site for Jackson's home, describes his family, which included a Creek boy he adopted after the battle of Talledega in 1813
Indian Removal | HTI
This lesson looks at the process whereby a policy of assimilation gave way to one of overt removal under President Jackson.
Indian Removal Act Journalists
Students act as journalists reporting on the Indian Removal Act. They visit designated web sites and write factual articles about the developments. From Digital History
Andrew Jackson | The White House
This is the official White House biography of Andrew Jackson. Notice that there is no mention of Native Americans.
What Happens When A Language's Last Monolingual Speaker Dies? : Code Switch : NPR
In January of 2014, the last native speaker of the Chickasaw language died. When we teach the Trail of Tears, we should include mention of this and perhaps explore the issues raised by this article.
From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 26 April 1802
In the footnote to this letter at the National Archives is evidence of the missing link in any discussion about the Trail of Tears. Although many high school history lessons focus on the role of Andrew Jackson, they ignore the deeper history of Native American removal. When the state of Georgia ceded claims to western lands (the north half of what would become Mississippi and Alabama) to the federal government, the federal government pledged to remove the Indians from Georgia
that the U.S. extinguish all Indian claims to land within the state of Georgia
Search Results « Chronicling America « Library of Congress
How was the Indian Removal covered in the press - this archive from newspapers across the country presents a number of opportunities for research and primary document interpretation. How did different regions of the country view the removal? We read documents of President Jackson, Congress, and perhaps even the Native Americans themselves - but how about the American public?
Jackson's infamous execution of two British citizens during the war for Florida
Another event of Andrew Jackson's life, all but absent from the History Industry's take on Jackson. Perhaps AP students may learn of Andrew Jackson's unsanctioned invasion of Florida to "protect" Americans from a Seminole uprising. They might also learn that the fight along the Florida border was not caused by Native Americans or Europeans inciting them - but rather by Georgia squatters who crossed the border into Florida. But none of these students are exposed to the story of the execution of two British subjects by Jackson.
No Idle Past: Uses of History in the 1830 Indian Removal Debates on JSTOR
This is for teachers to skim, or to pull quotes from for students. The thesis and argument can be gathered from the last two pages. It focuses on the debate in the Senate (often ignored by teachers who refer to this only as "Jackson's" removal) and the way in which senators on both sides used history to make their case either for or against removal.
Blankets for the Dead - Teaching Tolerance article on the Trail of Tears
This four-page reading may serve teachers and students better than standard textbook articles in that it is more comprehensive and puts the events of the 18030s into a broader context of white-Native American relations
Jeff Ostler on Twitter: "I've noticed lots of discussion about Andrew Jackson and Native Americans lately. Some people think he was a great guy and ought to stay on the $20 bill. I have some thoughts." / Twitter
Need a list of Andrew Jackson's atrocities against Native populations? Here's one......Yes, this is a Twitter thread - but it is a reading nonetheless. It was written by a University of Oregon professor who is a Yalebooks published author whose written on the Trail of Tears. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300218121/surviving-genocide
1832 Land Lottery | Georgia Archives
The land taken from the Cherokees through the Indian Removal Act was practically given away through a land lottery run by the state of Georgia
A son of the forest : Apess, William, 1798-1839 :
One of the first autobiographies published by a Native American and was published partly in reaction to advocates of Indian Removal, including President Andrew Jackson