They wanted to protect what remained of their land before it was ... who were helping the Indians resist removal. The court this time decided in favor of the Cherokee. It stated that the Cherokee ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an ...

To close his prayers, Cabe sprinkled a pinch of tobacco over the land of his ancestors. Cabe, a forest resource specialist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee ... the Indian Removal Act led to ...