1. Theories and legends
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Glossary
2. Early invasions
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Glossary
3. Beginnings of central government
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Glossary
4. Visits back and forth
Glossary
5. "What nation or people am I afraid of?"
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Glossary
6. "Let him be wary"
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Glossary
7. "President of the nation"
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Glossary
8. "I have my young warriors around me"
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Glossary
9. "Our cry is all for peace"
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Glossary
10. "A pipe and a little tobacco"
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11. "Perpetual friendship"
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Glossary
12. Tecumseh and Red Eagle
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Glossary
13. Five treaties in three years
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Glossary
14. Many changes taking place
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Glossary
Photos and illustrations
Maps
Chiefs
Historical plates
15. "The Cherokee are not foreigners"
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Glossary
16. The treaty of New Echota
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Glossary
17. "Living upon the roots and sap of trees"
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Glossary


18. Hundreds of babies died
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Glossary
19. Killings on both sides
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Glossary
20. The Golden Age
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Glossary
21. Confederates and Pins
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Glossary
22. Indian territory
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Glossary
23. Jurisdictional confusion
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Glossary
24. The Dawes Commission and Redbird Smith
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Glossary
25. Oklahoma
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Glossary
26. World War II
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Glossary
27. Renaissance
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Glossary
28. Self-determination
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Glossary
29. The first woman chief
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Glossary
30. "What do they want with this old building?"
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Glossary
31. "What greater gift can we give our children?"
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Glossary
Appendices
Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee nation
Chiefs of the Western Cherokees
Chiefs of the Texas Cherokees
The Confederate Cherokee Nation and Chief Stand Watie
Chiefs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Chiefs of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee nation treaties
Western Cherokee treaties.