According to historical author Jim Stebinger, #Cherokees held an estimated 1,600 black slaves
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From its humble condition in the 1970s, the #Cherokee Nation has grown to massive proportions, employing 1,300 people, 85 % of whom are #Cherokees with a $1.6 million monthly payroll.
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Because of the long history of intermarriage, and because of the nature of the division of land in eastern Oklahoma, #Cherokees have long been used to interacting with non-#Cherokees
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The #Cherokees were forced to sign one treaty after another with the new United States government, each one giving away more land to the new nation
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Most #Cherokees still attend public schools (several of which have up to 90 % #Cherokee enrollment), but over the last 20 years or so, the situation there for #Cherokees has greatly improved
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traditional #Cherokees gather at various "stomp grounds," which are consecrated, ceremonial grounds. Each ground has its own set of religious leaders
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Missionaries, school systems, government programs, and intermarriage also undermined #Indian beliefs. Many #Cherokees began to depend for health care, either exclusively or in part, on white doctors
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Many #Cherokees became farmers, ranchers, merchants, bankers, and lawyers. In many ways, the #Cherokee Nation mirrored the larger United States
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Since the government of the #Cherokee Nation refused to negotiate, other #Cherokees signed the treaty without authorization. The United States called the treaty a legal document and proceeded to force the #Cherokees to live up to its terms
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#Cherokee oral tradition tells of a time when the #Cherokees were ruled over by a powerful priesthood called the ani-Kutani. When the priests took away a young man's wife, he organized a revolt and all the priests were killed
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If the #Cherokees are Christian, they might be Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian, or any other Christian denomination. Among the more traditional #Cherokees is a large group of #Cherokee Baptists
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#Cherokees always seem to have been willing to accept outsiders into their ranks, some might say, too willingly
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#Cherokees are seldom if ever of one mind on any given issue. When it comes to national politics they will only come close to a consensus if the issue at hand is one of tribal sovereignty
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The process of acculturation began early for the #Cherokees with the introduction of European trade goods in 1673.
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#Cherokees have a high occurrence of diabetes, perhaps as a result of dietary habits fostered by outside influences such as government boarding schools and the government's food distribution program for #Indians
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#Cherokees were traditionally an agrarian people, maintaining a town garden and individual garden plots. The women did most of the tending of crops, but then the women owned the gardens and the homes
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Approximately 20,000 #Cherokees were marched west over what would soon be known as the "Trail of Tears." Along the way, approximately 4,000 people died
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The #Cherokees were forced to sign one treaty after another with the new United States government, each one giving away more land to the new nation
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Andrew Jackson actually set the so-called "Removal Process" in motion. In the meantime the government had been doing everything in its power to convince #Cherokees to move west voluntarily, and the first to do so were the faction known as Chickamaugans
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If the #Cherokees are Christian, they might be Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian, or any other Christian denomination. Among the more traditional #Cherokees is a large group of #Cherokee Baptists
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The word #Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a #Choctaw word meaning "Cave People." It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted and adopted by #Cherokees in the form of Tsalagi or Jalagi
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From its humble condition in the 1970s, the #Cherokee Nation has grown to massive proportions, employing 1,300 people, 85 % of whom are #Cherokees with a $1.6 million monthly payroll.
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According to historical author Jim Stebinger, #Cherokees held an estimated 1,600 black slaves
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The process of acculturation began early for the #Cherokees with the introduction of European trade goods in 1673.
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Missionaries, school systems, government programs, and intermarriage also undermined #Indian beliefs. Many #Cherokees began to depend for health care, either exclusively or in part, on white doctors
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U.S. Census figures show #Cherokees had a median family income of $24,907 in 1989, high compared to other Native American tribes, but $10,000 less than the national average. Also, 22 % of #Cherokees live at or below the poverty level.
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Earliest historical data locates the #Cherokees in a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States, with about 200 towns scattered throughout the present states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
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Some #Cherokees today are almost indistinguishable from white people, and their customs, habits, and beliefs reflect those of mainstream America
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#Cherokee oral tradition tells of a time when the #Cherokees were ruled over by a powerful priesthood called the ani-Kutani. When the priests took away a young man's wife, he organized a revolt and all the priests were killed
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