Treaty of New Echota

Native American, Cherokee

The Removal of the Cherokee

Resolution of General Council of the Cherokee Nation regarding land entitlement

2010 | Arches watercolor paper, Epson Ultrachrome computer printer inks

Shan Goshorn

Sealed Fate; Treaty of New Echota Protest Basket

Manuscripts

1826 - 1850

Bound Volume

Native Americans

Cherokee

Muscogee Indians

claims

Tahlequah, I.T.

New Echota

Cherokee Nation

Going Snake District

Jesse Bushyhead

Evan Jones

Manuscript Collection Records

post-Removal

Treaty of 1835

Cherokee Claims Record Manuscript Collection

Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota also some Muscogee Creek claims

<h2>Access Restrictions</h2>
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<h2>Use Restrictions</h2>
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<h2>Provenance</h2>
<p>The Gilcrease Foundation acquired these materials before 1964 and is housed in the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR). The library currently receives most materials through community donation, board members, artists and the acquisition of manuscript collections.</p>
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<p>Staff, interns, and volunteers of the Thomas Gilcrease Library and Archive have contributed to the organization and maintenance of the files since the collection passed to the City of Tulsa in the 1950s.</p>


Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Claims Record

J. L. Hargett

Untitled Pencil Sheets Representing a "Talk for the President"

Matthew Arbuckle

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross

Unknown

Resolution

House Doc. No. 374

Chief John Ross

Letter [copy and draft] from Chief John Ross to Samuel Webb and John Truman

Letter (Copy and Draft) from Chief John Ross to Samuel Webb and John Truman

Letter from Acting Secretary of War S. Cooper to Cherokee Delegation

C. A. Harris

Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. A. Harris to Chief John Ross

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross

Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross Delegation to Joel R. Poinsett

Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Colonel John Mason, Jr.

Joel Roberts Poinsett

Letter from Joel R. Poinsett to Chief John Ross

Copy of Interlocutory Decision of Commissioners under the Treaty with the Cherokee Relative to the Claims of Attorney Fees

Letter from General John E. Wool to the Cherokee

Memorial and Petition Signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs