The Cherokee traces the history of a southeastern Indigenous nation from precolonial towns and regional diplomacy through removal and modern sovereignty. It examines political organisation, trade, warfare and the pressures created by British and American settlement.
The book follows constitutional government, Sequoyah’s writing system, the dispute over removal and the Trail of Tears. It also distinguishes the experiences of the Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band and other communities, showing how survival involved both resistance and institutional adaptation.
