This week I will be talking about the three themes that are a part of this blogs title. The Cherokee unfortunately had to suffer all three of these themes
The Cherokee had to deal with culture change not very long after the America’s were discovered. They dealt with civilization, which was a process of non-native citizens coming into their tribal communities and teaching the natives how to live their lifestyle. They were essentially trying to wipe away all the old native traditions.
Ethnic cleansing and diaspora were pretty much happening at the same time with the Cherokee. The non-natives had been trying for a very long time to force the Cherokee out of their homeland, and in the 1830’s they were successful with the passing of the Indian Removal Act. This act would allow the non-natives to remove the Cherokee from their land and make them go along the trail of tears to Oklahoma. This could also be considered ethnic cleansing and even genocide, considering that the non-natives didn’t give the Cherokee the proper resources to be able to survive the harsh winters of the trek, and because of this, thousands of Cherokee people died.
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