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Definition of Cherokees

Cherokees
Cherokees Cher`o*kees", n. pl.; sing. Cherokee. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
Cherokee
Cherokees Cher`o*kees", n. pl.; sing. Cherokee. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

Meaning of Cherokees from wikipedia

- to Cherokee. Cherokee edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikisource has the text of the 1879 American Cyclopædia article Cherokees. Cherokee Nation...
- The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ Tsalagihi Ayeli or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ Tsalagiyehli) is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the...
- claims of heritage and blood. Cherokee law says that you must be recognized by the Cherokees in order to be a Cherokee. There is no other legitimate law...
- substantial number of Cherokees were slave owners. The census of 1835 counted 1,592 slaves among the Cherokees and 7.4% of Cherokees were slave owners. The...
- the Cherokees who remained in North Carolina after the Trail of Tears. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians headquarters are in the town of Cherokee, North...
- Grand Lake o' the Cherokees is situated in Northeast Oklahoma in the foothills of the Ozark Mountain Range. It is often simply called Grand Lake. It is...
- ****anese-market Cherokees have found their way back to the U.S. for use by rural mail carriers. After 13 years of production, 1997 saw the Cherokee receive updated...
- The Knoxville Cherokees were an East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) team based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The franchise was formed in 1988 along with the ECHL...
- North ****embly in Detroit. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr. The Grand Cherokee "pla**** a significant part in reviving...
- 000 Cherokees who remained in the Eastern United States after the U.S. military, under the Indian Removal Act, moved the other 15,000 Cherokees to west...