Description Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s.
Finger shifts attention to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, descended from that remnant and now numbering almost ten thousand, most of whom live on a reservation adjacent to Gre.
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But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina.
Many of them died on the Trail of Tears.
Description Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s