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  1. 1821
    Sequoyah’s syllabary makes written Cherokee possible
    Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith in northeast Alabama, often works for white settlers and is impressed ...
  2. 1817
    U.S. frontier advances, pushing Native peoples westward
    All along its western border, the U.S. presses for more land to accommodate the expanding nation. To ...
  3. 1813
    U.S. expansion divides tribes, leads to Creek Civil War
    Florida Governor Andrew Jackson, with the Cherokee and Choctaw, retaliates against the Muscogee Creek ...
  4. 1812
    Cherokee and Choctow hope for long-term U.S. alliance
    As the U.S. and Britain fight the War of 1812 on fronts from Mexico to Canada, tribes seek strategic ...
  5. 1808
    Tecumseh’s leadership grows
    The 1795 Treaty of Greenville pushed Tecumseh’s tribe, the Shawnee, out of their traditional lands in ...
  6. 1805
    Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh call for unity among tribes
    With the Shawnee under siege, fragmented, and dispersed, Lalawithika has a spiritual revelation that ...
  7. 1783
    The Peace of Paris ignores Native peoples’ rights
    The Peace of Paris, the set of treaties (Treaty of Paris and the Treaties of Versailles, 1783) that end ...