Indian Relocation Legacy
Words: 776 Pages: 3 5594The Indian Relocation refers to a significant and tragic chapter in American history, marked by the forced displacement of several Native American tribes, including the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Cherokee, from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States. This event was precipitated by the Indian Removal Act of 1830, a controversial law passed by the United States Congress and signed by President Andrew Jackson. The Act authorized the removal of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi […]