Cherokee Nation (present-day Tennessee, USA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cherokee_Nation_(present-day_Tennessee,_USA)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	historical Native American nation
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War European colonization
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Confederacy_(during_Civil_War) gptkb:British_(during_American_Revolution) United States (various periods)
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Chota gptkb:Echota
gptkbp:culture	matrilineal
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Eastern_Band_of_Cherokee_Indians gptkb:United_Keetoowah_Band_of_Cherokee_Indians gptkb:Cherokee_Nation_(Oklahoma)
gptkbp:displacement	gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act gptkb:Trail_of_Tears
gptkbp:economy	gptkb:hunting agriculture trade
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Cherokee
gptkbp:governingBody	council of chiefs
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	pre-19th century
gptkbp:house	wattle and daub houses council houses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cherokee Nation (present-day Tennessee, USA)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Cherokee_language
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Cherokee–American_wars gptkb:Trail_of_Tears gptkb:Treaty_of_New_Echota gptkb:Red_Clay_Council_Grounds
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:John_Ross gptkb:Attakullakulla gptkb:Dragging_Canoe gptkb:Oconostota
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Major_Ridge gptkb:Nancy_Ward gptkb:Sequoyah gptkb:Stand_Watie
gptkbp:population	estimated 22,000 (18th century)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Cherokee_traditional_religion
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory	gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains gptkb:Smoky_Mountains gptkb:Little_Tennessee_River_Valley gptkb:Overhill_Towns
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Great_Britain gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:tribe	gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:river gptkb:Chickasaw
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Cherokee_syllabary
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Major_Ridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6