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=Important People:= //Click each person's picture for a more detailed biography of each.//

Andrew Jackson (1767- 1845)
By Thomas Andrew Jackson was one of the people who initially started the intense hating for native americans in the 1800's. He played a leading part of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This act let Jackson purchase tribal land in the east in exchange for further lands in the western area. the act was well received in the south, but the Cherokees (an abundant indian tribe) refused to the act. They remained living on their land, so Jackson's men forced some Cherokees to sign a treaty for them to be removed from Georgia. The indians signed a petition with more than 15,000 signatures to veto the act, but it was not even looked at by the supreme court. Jackson decided that the only way to get the natives out, was to threaten them. 7,000 armed troops were led into Cherokee territory. This caused more than 400 deaths in the Georgia state, mostly from the Cherokees.

Chief Josheph Junior and Senior (1840-1904)[[image:joseph1.jpg width="196" height="229" align="right" link="Native American Rights Chief Joseph"]]
By Alex Hensley Named after his father who used the Christian name of Joseph when he was Baptised, Chief Joseph was reffered to as Joseph the younger until his father died. Joseph Senior was one who fought hard for reservation land for his Nez Percé people. At one point, he did get this land but it was revoked to say the least, when the Gold Rush started. When his whole tribe was packed into Idaho, away from all their native lands, Chief Joseph Senior destroyed his American flagand his Bible, both of which he had previous faith and respect for. Senior's last act was refusing to move from Wallowa Valley, his and his son's birth place, and not signing any more treaties from the government. After his death in 1871, Joseph Jr. was elected as chief and was forced to decide what to do in the most struggling time the Nez Percé tribe has ever faced.
 * Also known as Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt**