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The forced removal of the Cherokees from their eastern lands to Indian Territory.

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1838

Removal of the Cherokees, 1838. The forced removal of the Cherokees from their eastern lands to Indian Territory.

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Removal of the Cherokees, 1838 involved the United States government and John Ross.

Removal of the Cherokees, 1838 appears in Genocide and American Indian History.

Removal of the Cherokees, 1838 followed from Treaty of New Echota.

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