The Eastern branch of this tribe gained the Qualla Boundary in 1876 even though Chief Yonaguska could not buy land.
The Eastern branch of this tribe gained the Qualla Boundary in 1876 even though Chief Yonaguska could not buy land. Members of this tribe would sign the Treaty of New Echota which granted them $5 million, although they would be murdered as part of blood law. A missionary living with this tribe appealed a ruling that this tribe's territory could be considered sovereign in Worcester v. Georgia. The Indian Removal Act relocated them to Oklahoma under Winfield Scott, and Sequoyah created their written language. For 10 points, name this Southeastern Native American tribe that lives in the Appalachians and allied with the British in the Revolutionary War.
The Eastern branch of this tribe gained the Qualla Boundary in 1876 even though Chief Yonaguska could not buy land.
 Cherokee 