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How Did Six Different Native Nations Try to Avoid Removal?

The American Indian Removal Act of 1830 affected many Native Nations during the nineteenth century. This interactive features illustrated stories of the strategies that American Indian leaders from six different nations used in their attempts to keep their homelands. Explore objects, maps, images, quotes, treaties and other documents that reveal the American Indian experience with removal.

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grades   7 8 9 10 11 12
featured nations
Cherokee, Eastern Band Cherokee, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Seminole, Shawnee
subjects
English Language Arts, Geography, Government & Civics, History, Social Studies
regions
Eastern Woodlands, North America, Northeast, Southeast