Cherokee Americans : the Eastern Band of Cherokees in the twentieth century

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Davis Library (5th floor)

Call Number
E99.C5 F55 1991 c. 4
Status
Available

North Carolina Collection (Wilson Library)

Call Number
C970.03 F49c
Status
In-Library Use Only
Item Note
Dustjacket.
Call Number
C970.03 F49c c. 2
Status
Available
Item Note
Dustjacket.

Undergrad Library

Call Number
E99.C5 F55 1991 c. 2
Status
Available
Call Number
E99.C5 F55 1991 c. 3
Status
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Summary

Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s. Many of them died on the Trail of Tears. But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina. John R. Finger shifts attention to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, descended from that remnant and now numbering almost ten thousand, most of whom live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cherokee Americans is, ironically, the first comprehensive account of the twentieth-century experience of a band that is known to and photographed by millions of tourists.This book is a sequel to The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 18191900 (1984) by John R. Finger, who is a professor of history at the University of Tennessee.

Contents

  • Series Editors' Foreword p. ix
  • Preface p. xi
  • 1 The Eastern Band in 1900 p. 1
  • 2 Progressivism and the Cherokees p. 17
  • 3 The Citizenship and Allotment Disputes p. 34
  • 4 Continuity and Change p. 53
  • 5 A New Park and a New Deal p. 75
  • 6 Pursuing the Wily Tourist p. 98
  • 7 Testing the Federal Relationship p. 118
  • 8 Growth, Acculturation, and Self-Determination p. 137
  • 9 Cherokee Americans p. 159
  • Abbreviations p. 186
  • Notes p. 187
  • Bibliographical Essay p. 231
  • Index p. 237

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