The Cherokees and their chiefs
Subtitle: in the wake of empire
By: Stanley W. Hoig.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Cherokee Indians -- History.; Cherokee Indians -- Kings and rulers.; Cherokee Indians -- Politics and government.
Description: This newly researched and synthesized history of the Cherokees places special emphasis on the tribe's leaders and their agony in dealing with England, the Colonies, and the United States. Stanley W.

Hoig traces the demise of the Cherokees' historic homeland in the American South, their removal over the Trail of Tears to present-day Oklahoma, the great trauma they suffered from the Civil War, the final destruction of their tribal autonomy by the United States, and their phoenix-like rise in political and social stature during the twentieth century. The Cherokees and Their Chiefs: In the Wake of Empire will be welcomed by libraries, schools, historians, and general readers alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and index.