Letter to the Editor
A letter to the editor correcting errors in the Starr lineage history.
Among the Cherokees
Brief biographies on John Jolly and Walter Webber
Holstine Plans Restoration of Old Baptist Indian University
The original site of Bacone, Baptist Indian University, placed on the National Registrar of Historic Places
Among the Cherokees
Brief biographies on Rollin Kirk Adair and Sam Houston Benge
Agent William L. Lovely Acquired over 7 million acres in Arkansas for the Cherokees
Agent Lovely proposing to Clermont and "all the Chiefs of the Osages" that he would pay all of their debt if they would relinquish the land that was Western Arkansas. This was a really huge transaction of over 7 million acres.
John Brown was deposed as Principal Chief for failure to compromise with the Ross Party
John Brown was elected Principal Chief but he was let go because he did not compormise with the Ross Party. The next Principle Chief also objected meetingd called by the Ross Party.
John Looney became Chief upon the death of John Jolly
John Looney becoming principle of Chief after the death of John Jolly
Thomas Chisholm was the last head Chief to come by the office by hereditary
Thomas Chisholm gaining Chief hereditarily under his father John D. Chisholm
Death Lives in the West
Colonists destruction on the West, battles fought between the Native Americans and the colonists soldiers
Researchers Look at Indians as Cherokee Exodus Marked
The 150th anniversary of the forced removal of the Cherokees from North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Cherokees Modern 'Medicine Man' Quits
The Cherokee Medicine Man announces his retirement from his private medical practice
Poison Cemetary Recalls Historic Event in Delaware County's Peters Prairie District
The historic event of the murder of the Cherokee leader John Ridge in his home on Honey Creek, he was brutally stabbed to death.
Polson
Descriptions of the significance of the Polsons which are buried in the Posion Cemetary alongside the Ridges.
Mavis Doering: Cherokee Basketmaker
Information on Mavis Doering, significace of her basket weaving as the contribution of Cherokee women. Her baskets have even been featured at the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian Institution. She was James Starr's descendant.
Shawnee lawsuit may affect many: 2000 acres of real esate in question
Shawnee Indian tribe is holding a lawsuit over ownership of the Shawnee Indian Museum putting Johnson County real esate at stake.
Shawnee: continued from pg. 1B
The real estate was still at stake, however when Johnson (the claim holder) was shot to death. President Andrew Jackson signed the deed for the land and the land was divided by the ministers heirs. It was still a fight between the tribe and a …
Junaluska
Image of Junaluska
Junaluska
Article on Junaluska, a great Cherokee leader who saved the life of General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Alongside the article is an identical image of Junaluska from the previous page.
Statue of Junaluska
An image of the statue of Junaluska with the description "A new statue stands at Lake Junaluska, the Methodist retreat community"
Junaluska
Significance of Junaluska, listing some of his major historical contributions such as saving Andrew Jackson's life, helping win the battle against the Creek Indians helping wih westward expansion, and saving the Cherokees from destroying themselves in telling them not to join an Indian alliance.
Water rights give edge to Indians
Article on how when whites bought land from Indians, they believed they were also getting all of the resources on the land. Indians can count on water as a resource, but the purchasers of the land cannot.
Water is edge for Indians
The U.S Supreme Court in 1989 gave the Indians the priority of the rights over water as a resource.
Reservation provides few jobs, scant hopes
Existence for the Rosebud Sioux depends on susidies, projects from federal government.
Water is edge for Indians
The U.S Supreme Court in 1989 gave the Indians the priority of the rights over water as a resource.
Reservation provides few jobs, scant hopes
Existence for the Rosebud Sioux depends on susidies, projects from federal government.
