Native American Tribes: An Enthralling Guide to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole

by Billy Wellman

Do you know the story of the Native American tribes, from the earliest known histories to the first European contact to the modern day?

The “Five Civilized Tribes” tried to adapt to the American way of life, while others fought to keep their land. Which was more successful? This book will attempt to tell their story, the story of those five tribes. It will not go back into the distant past, and it will not be able to cover modern issues within the Native American community. But it will tell the story of how a group of people dealt with a world that had suddenly and drastically changed—and continued to change—and how they dealt with these changes as Native Americans.

In this book, you’ll learn The Five Civilized Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Choctaw, and ChickasawThe role of disease in the European colonization of AmericaGreat Native American fighters like Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, and Black HawkGreat Native American leaders like Pushmataha, Chief John Ross, and Blue JacketWhat role Andrew Jackson played in the Indian Removal ActThe reality of Native Americans who owned slavesThe real story behind the Trail of TearsGreat battles like Fallen Timbers, Tippecanoe, Little Bighorn, and St. Clair's DefeatMassacres at Sand Creek and Wounded Knee and the devastation at Prospect BluffHow the Native Americans used and were used by the Americans, British, and Spanish in the southeastern United StatesAnd so much more!
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Genres: History

127 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 24, 2023

Reviews

[Barbara Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great American, British, and French Liars, Treaty Makers and Treaty Breakers!

by Barbara Kelley

This is a book that is mainly about 5 of the Iroquois Native American Indian Tribes that were considered the Civilized Tribes, because of their initial willingness to grow crops, learn English, become Christians, and side with the British, French, Spanish, and Americans, in order to maintain peace. These 5 tribes were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations. This is the story of how Europeans and the American Government, mainly U. S. Presidents, Senators, Governors, and Military Generals made Peace Treaties with the five tribes, but continually broke every single one of these treaties, because the Europeans and Americans were greedy for more and more land. Most of these Indians were peaceful, except for the Creek and Chickasaw, but when treaties were broken, they became mighty warriors, changing sides between the French, British, and Spanish, against the Americans. The Cherokee and Choctaw stood by the British, then when the British betrayed them, they'd trade their allegiance to a different group of Europeans. The Chickasaw and Creek would stand by the Spanish or French, but also traded allegiances. The Seminole claimed that the land known as Florida had been theirs for over 2000 years, but most of them were forced out, as well. The only group of Seminoles that remained in the mid 1800s were the ones who fled to the Everglades where no white settlers wanted to go. After a ton of wars, both with Americans, British, French and Spanish troops, as well as fighting amongst the different tribes, and many Indians dying off from either European diseases and starvation, most if these Indians from the 5 tribes were forced West on the Trail of Tears toward current-day Oklahoma Territory, between 1820 and 1840. I am a descendent of the Cherokee Tribe led by Chief John Ross, whose mother was a Cherokee and his father was from Scotland. I am a descendent, not of Chief John Ross, but of one of the Indian braves from that tribe, who were forced to leave the state of Georgia and travel on the Trail of Tears in 1838-1839. After reading this book, I have a greater respect for the Cherokee and the other four nations who were forced West, and a lot less respect for some of our so-called Great Founding Fathers and Political Leaders, who made and the broke treaty after treaty. I gave this book 5 stars.

I received a copy via booksprout and this is my voluntary honest review.

[Laura Moylan · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is an awful lot of information in this book. It is an interesting read. I enjoyed learning about the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Seminole, the Muskogee Creek and the other tribes. Learning about the presidents and how they treated the Native Americans, especially Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, upset me. It took hundreds of years to even get our government to admit that they had done something wrong to the first Americans. So many Native Americans died because they were forced off their land because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears, as well as the fact that small pox, chicken pox, and other diseases that were unheard of hit the population and destroyed so much.

It made me cry quite a bit. It is also sad that Native American doesn’t include the indigenous peoples of middle and South America. It should. It should even include those of the Inuit and native Hawaiians. If it is part of the Americas, it should be part of those things where it belongs.

There were a few spots where it got very dry and my eyes glazed over, but I muddled through to the end. I think children should learn more about the Native Americans in Social Studies- as well as history in high school because we owe them. Honestly, the majority of the different tribes helped all of the different settlers when they first arrived- as the tribes taught them about trapping and corn and other things. It was also ridiculous that the pelts they traded to get the items they wanted was something like 20 pelts for a gun. It is mind boggling. Like I said an interesting read.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Mandy Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides perspective on Native American history and allows the reader a brief view into the harsh and dark realities that these people lived through (and possibly are still living through today.)

It’s difficult to read accounts like this and not feel confused about why only half the story was told in my history classes. Taking a closer look into the Trail(s) of Tears and what early American leaders did or didn’t do to honor the lives of these Native Americans is worth the heartbreak this book will give.

Some of the authors personal distain toward revisionist history felt somewhat unnecessary and out of place with the historical aspects and timeline of the chapters.

“Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first part of the book delves into the five tribes: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Muscogee Creek. The book also looks into six additional tribes:
- Shawnee
- Pawnee
- Sioux
- Navajo
- Comanche
- Apache (an umbrella term)
The rest of the book looks at cases and wars and ultimately the question of freedom. The structure is coherent and this is a quick and informative read.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Debbie Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. It was interesting to learn more about these five tribes.