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An indian tribe that originated from the south-eastern United States, who lived throughout the east of the Mississippi river valley and its tributaries. About 1,700 years ago. They were forced to move to an designated Indian territory (know known as the state Oklahoma) in the 1830s. Today only about a few thousend of them remain in reservations
In the 19th century, the Choctaw became known as one of the "Five Civilized " because they adopted numerous practices of their United States neighbors. The Choctaw and the United States (US) agreed to nine treaties and, by the last three, the US gained vast land cessions and deracinated most Choctaw west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. They were the first Native Americans forced under the Indian Removal Act.

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The Chickasaw are an indigenous people of the south-eastern Woodslands.
Chickasaw is pronounced "CHICK-a-saw." It comes from their own tribal name, Chikasha, which was the name of a legendary Chickasaw leader.

The Chickasaws are original people of the American southeast, particularly  Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. Most Chickasaws were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's, and their descendants live in Oklahoma today.  Some Chickasaws escaped by hiding or pretending to be white, and the descendants of  these people are still living in the original Chickasaw homelands.

The original Chickasaw Indians lived in small villages. Their homes were one room wattle and daub homes made with a wood frame covered with a plaster of mud and straw. Typically the homes would be laid out in an oval with the center of village being the main meeting place. They also enjoyed a form of the game lacrosse called stickball and most villages had a stickball field.

History

According to the Chickasaw migration story, the Chickasaw and the Choctaw were once a single tribe. They were led by two brothers, Chickasaw and Choctaw. The group set out to find a new home and fresh hunting grounds. At one point in their journey they split up. Part of the group wanted to stay with Choctaw, they became the Choctaw tribe. The rest of the group continued traveling with Chickasaw. They settled in northern Mississippi and became the Chickasaw tribe.

Sources:
http://www.bigorrin.org/chickasaw_kids.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/chickasaw_tribe.php

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The Seminole are a Native American tribe originally from Florida. The word Seminole is a corruption of cimarrón, a spanish term for "runaway" or "wild one

Seminole history begins with bands of Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama who migrated to Florida in the 1700s. Conflicts with Europeans and other tribes caused them to seek new lands to live in peace.
The 1770s is when Florida Indians collectively became known as Seminole, a name meaning "wild people" or "runaway."

During their early decades, the Seminole became increasingly independent of other Creek groups and established their own identity. They developed a thriving trade network during the British and second Spanish periods (roughly 1767–1821). The tribe expanded considerably during this time, and was further supplemented from the late 18th century by free black people and escaped enslaved people who settled near and paid tribute to Seminole towns. The latter became known as Black Seminoles, although they kept their own Gullah culture of the Low Country. They developed the Afro-Seminole Creole language, which they spoke through the 19th century after the move to Indian Territory.

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The Creek, also known as the Muscogee, are a native american people traditionally from the southeastern woodlands. The occupied parts of the south (Georgia and Alabama) in the 18th century. These people were not nomadic and established many towns. These towns were fairly independent, with separate councils and ownership. Once a town grew to more than a  certain number, they split the town in half.
The Creek nation has their own government, laws police and other services. However they must obey the American law since they are US citizens.

Creek warrior...

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The Cherokee are a native american tribe. This tribe is the only northern American tribe that has their own written language. They speak Cherokee which is an Iroquoian language.

More than 314 thousand members in 2010 according to the US census.

The Cherokee were one of the first, if not the first, major non-European ethnic group to become U.S. citizens.

They have their own national flag

*epidemics and diseases (75%)
*Trail of Tears
*End of the 1800 it was 20 000

*Today there are 300 000

*15 000-20 000 100% native.

7 sub-tribes

·        The wild potatoes clan

·        The longhaired Klan

·        The roe klan

·        The redtailed klan

·        The blue holly klan

·        + more

In 1830, a law passed congress ordering the removal of the Cherokees. The Cherokees had no choice but to leave their homes and more towards the west land, greatly becoming inflicted by terminal sicknesses like cholera.

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Wounded Knee Massacre: December 29, 1890

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Wounded Knee Massacre: December 29, 1890

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What happened:
On December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. A troop led by an American major encountered the Indian tribe named Lakota. At first, the main objective was to disarm the Indians. Some of the Indians did not give up without a fight, and a shot was fired. This ignited the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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On December 29, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry surrounded a band of Ghost Dancers under Big Foot, a Lakota Sioux chief, near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fight broke out between an Indian and a U.S. soldier and a shot was fired, although it’s unclear from which side. A brutal massacre followed, in which it’s estimated 150 Indians were killed (some historians put this number at twice as high), nearly half of them women and children. The cavalry lost 25 men.

The conflict at Wounded Knee was originally referred to as a battle, but in reality it was a tragic and avoidable massacre. Surrounded by heavily armed troops, it’s unlikely that Big Foot’s band would have intentionally started a fight. Some historians speculate that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry were deliberately taking revenge for the regiment’s defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876. Whatever the motives, the massacre ended the Ghost Dance movement and was the last major confrontation in America’s deadly war against the Plains Indians.

http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/wounded-knee

The Ghost Dance as depicted...

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Originally, the colonists left the native americans alone. Indian land was defined as everything beyond the Appalachian Mountains, and later west of the Mississippi. Europeans were not allowed to claim indian land.

Between 1830-1840 the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears.