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Cherokee, Cher-eh-kee, First People or Real People lived in the southeastern part of the United States in Florida, Georgia, and East Texas. They were moved by the United States government to the Oklahoma Reserve by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. President Jackson paid the Cherokee $5,000 for eight million acres of their eastern land and for their removal to Oklahoma.

Cherokee leader John Ross refused to sell his land or move his people. The other leaders did sign this treaty and brought about the long walk or the Trail of Tears. October, 1838, all Cherokee people were sent west, guarded by United States soldiers. Eighteen thousand Cherokee left the southeastern United States, but only fourteen thousand lived to see the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. The people lost much in the move, but they were not defeated. The Cherokee Nation is now a respected government and maintains many of their traditions.