by John R. Finger
University of Tennessee Press, 1984
eISBN: 978-1-62190-997-2 | Paper: 978-0-87049-410-9 | Cloth: 978-0-87049-409-3
Library of Congress Classification E99.C5F56 1984
Dewey Decimal Classification 975.00497

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This volume presents the story of the Eastern Band of Cherokees during the nineteenth century. This group – the tribal remnant in North Carolina that escaped removal in the 1830’s – found their fortitude and resilience continually tested as they struggled with a variety of problems, including the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction, internal divisiveness, white encroachment on their lands, and a poorly defined relationship with the state and federal governments. Yet despite such stresses and a selective adaptation in the face of social and economic changes, the Eastern Cherokees retained a sense of tribal identity as they stood at the threshold of the twentieth century.