National Party (Cherokee)

E747016

The National Party (Cherokee) was a 19th-century Cherokee political faction that supported the Treaty of New Echota and advocated for removal to Indian Territory, opposing leaders who resisted forced relocation.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century political organization
Cherokee political faction
activeIn 1830s
country United States
ethnicGroupContext Cherokee Nation
factionOf Cherokee Nation politics
hasPoliticalOrientation accommodationist toward U.S. removal policy
historicalContext Trail of Tears period
U.S. Indian Removal era
issueFocusedOn Cherokee relocation to Indian Territory
Indian Removal
languageOfOrganization Cherokee
English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Alabama (historical Cherokee homeland areas)
linked to: Alabama

Georgia (historical Cherokee homeland areas)
linked to: Georgia

North Carolina (historical Cherokee homeland areas)
Tennessee (historical Cherokee homeland areas)
operatedIn Cherokee Nation (East)
opposedBy Cherokee National Council majority (anti-removal)
Cherokee leaders who resisted forced relocation
John Ross faction
anti-removal Cherokee faction
opposedPolicy continued resistance to U.S. removal policy
politicalPosition pro-Treaty of New Echota
pro-removal
positionOnRemoval supported removal to Indian Territory
relatedEvent forced Cherokee removal (Trail of Tears)
linked to: Trail of Tears

ratification of the Treaty of New Echota
supportedBy Cherokee individuals favoring negotiated removal
supportedPolicy emigration to Indian Territory
supportedTreaty Treaty of New Echota
timePeriod 19th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Ridge opposedBy National Party (Cherokee)
Stand Watie supported Treaty Party within the Cherokee Nation
linked to: National Party (Cherokee)
Thomas Mitchell Buffington politicalAffiliation Cherokee National Party
linked to: National Party (Cherokee)