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Death at Jackson County's Doorstep: Potawatomi Trail of Death Crossed Jackson County
Title
Death at Jackson County's Doorstep: Potawatomi Trail of Death Crossed Jackson County
Description
Article describes the Potawatomi Indians and their forced removal from northern Indiana to eastern Kansas in the fall of 1838. Nearly 1,000 tribe members were forced to walk the Trail of Death from Indiana to Kansas with 42 dying along the way. The Potawatomi are members of the Algonquian family of North American Indians. "Most of the Trail of Death descendants are members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation with headquarters in Shawnee, Oklahoma." Includes images and diary entries.
Date
2007
Object Type
Magazine Article
"If the Union Wins, We Won't Have Anything Left": The Rise and Fall of the Southern Cherokees of Kansas
Title
"If the Union Wins, We Won't Have Anything Left": The Rise and Fall of the Southern Cherokees of Kansas
Description
Maps, photos, and article about the Cherokees of Kansas and their settlement of the Cherokee Neutral Lands and Chetopa, Kansas, area. Includes a table "Heads of Cherokee Families Identified as Living on Tribal Lands in Kansas" (p. 162) and another table "Kansas Residents Who Enlisted in Confederate Cherokee Military Service" (p. 170).
Date
2007
Object Type
Magazine Article