Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century (Indians of the Southeast (Hardcover))

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, 1819–1900__ (1984) by John R. Finger, who is a professor of history at the University of Tennessee. 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, 1819–1900 (1984) by John R. Finger, who is a professor of history at the University of Tennessee. Cherokee Americans 2 Contents 8 Illustrations 9 Series Editors' Foreword 10 Preface 11 1— The Eastern Band in 1900 19 2— Progressivism and the Cherokees 35 3— The Citizenship and Allotment Disputes 52 4— Continuity and Change 71 5— A New Park and a New Deal 93 6— Pursuing the Wily Tourist 116 7— Testing the Federal Relationship 136 8— Growth, Acculturation, and Self-Determination 155 9— Cherokee Americans 177 Abbreviations 204 Notes 205 Preface 205 Chapter 1 206 Chapter 2 209 Chapter 3 215 Chapter 4 221 Chapter 5 227 Chapter 6 231 Chapter 7 236 Chapter 8 239 Chapter 9 244 Bibliographical Essay 249 Index 254 A 254 B 254 C 256 D 257 E 257 F 257 G 258 H 258 I 258 J 259 K 259 L 259 M 259 N 260 O 260 P 261 Q 261 R 261 S 261 T 262 U 263 V 263 W 263 Y 264 Z 264 Based on extensive archival research, inverviews with Cherokees, and a variety of anthropological sources, "Cherokee Americans" is a comprehensive account of an important and highly visible Indian tribe as it approaches the 21st century. Finger is a descendant of the tribal remnant that avoided removal in the 1830s and instead remained in North Carolina. Most now live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park