Cherokee Nation

Example of a Cherokee census card for [[Fairland, Oklahoma The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), formerly known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokees who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation. As of 2023, over 450,000 people were enrolled in the Cherokee Nation.

Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation has a reservation spanning 14 counties in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. These are Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington counties. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Peters, Richard, 1780-1848
    Published 1831
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    The case of the Cherokee nation against the state of Georgia : argued and determined at the Supreme court of the United States, January term 1831 : with an appendix containing the opinion of Chancellor Kent on the case : the treaties between the United States and the Cherokee Indians : the act of Congress of 1802, entitled "An act to regulate intercourse with the Indian tribes, &c. : and the laws of Georgia relative to the country occupied by the Cherokee Indians, within the boundary of that state /
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    Published 1889
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    [Decision of the Supreme Court in a suit by the Cherokee Nation vs. Southern Branch R.R. suit].
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    by Horne, Thomas C.
    Published 2013
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    In the Supreme Court of the United States, Adoptive Couple, petitioners, v. Baby Girl, a minor under the age of fourteen years, birth father, and the Cherokee Nation, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the South Carolina Supreme Court : brief of the states of Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin as amici curiae in support of respondents birth father and the Cherokee Nation /
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