Cherokee_Events&Leaders_fall

 Events and Leaders Gillian Walker (back to Fall)

o Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross 1809-1866 (http://cherokeehistory.com/confed.html) (http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cherokee/cherokeechiefs2.htm years) o Ross tried to keep Cherokee people out of the civil war (http://cherokeehistory.com/confed.html) o Was voluntarily captured in 1862 and replaced temporarily by Stand Watie. (“ “) o 1903 W.C. Rogers is elected chief, last cheif elected for 69 years (http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html) o 1949 W.W. Bill Keeler appointed chief by President Harry Truman (“ “) o 1971 since statehood W.W.Keeler becomes first elected principal chief (“ “) o 1987 Wilma Mankiller first woman elected chief (“ “) o 1995 Joe Byrd and Garland Eagle elected principal chief and deputy chief which marks the first time in nearly 200 years that full blood bilingual leaders occupy the top positions of the Cherokee Nation. (http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html)

o 1860 Tension between Union Cherokees and Confederate Cherokees. (http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html) o 1860 Beginning of Civil war o 1861 Park Hill treaty signed between Cherokee Nation and the Confederate government o 1865 new treaty limits tribal land rights, not allowing a Cherokee state. o 1889 Cherokee land taken over by “boomers” (white settlers) o 1905 Land allotment starts for Cherokee people o 1934 Indian Reorganization Act established allowing tribes and self government o 1957 first National Cherokee holiday o 1961 Awarded $15 million by US Claims Commission o 1963 Cherokee National Historical Society founded o 1970 U.S. Supreme Court ruling confirms Cherokee Nation ownership of bed and banks of 96 mile segment of Arkansas Riverbed o 1989 The Cherokee Nation observes 150th anniversary of arrival in Indian Territory o 1996 Fuel tax agreement signed with Oklahoma (http://www.wsharing.com/WScherokeeTimeline.htm) o 1997 receives 1.1 million from fuel tax agreement (“ “)



Sources:  http://cherokeehistory.com/confed.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cherokee/cherokeechiefs2.htm years http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html http://www.wsharing.com/WScherokeeTimeline.htm

Pictures: http://www.cherokeetrail.org/Tahlequah/johnross.jpg http://www.ou.edu/special/owp/wwww/mankiller/mankiller.gif http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/images/BO011A.jpg http://www.anniesbook.com/Cherokee%20Civil%20War%20veterans.jpg http://www.americanchronicle.com/articlePics/article22895.jpg

