Cherokee women in crisis

Description:

"American Indian women have traditionally played vital roles in social heirarchies, including at the family, clan, and tribal levels. In the Cherokee Nation, specifically, women and men are considered equal contributors to the culture. With this study we learn that three key historical events in the 19th and early 20th centuries-removal, the Civil War, and allotment of their lands-forced a radical renegotiation of gender roles and relations in Cherokee society." -- Back cover

subjects: Trail of Tears, 1838-1839,  Government relations,  Indians of North America,  Indian allotments,  Cherokee women,  Social conditions,  History,  Indian women, north america,  Trail of tears, 1838,  Indians of north america, wars, 1815-1865

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865