Conflicts Over Land - KM

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Across
  1. 2. The Cherokee Native Americans traveled along this figurative trail when they were forced to move westward.
  2. 6. This was the name that the Native Americans used to refer to white people.
  3. 7. This man was elected chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1828.
  4. 9. This president strongly pushed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 (first and last name).
  5. 12. This woman was the first female chief of the Cherokee.
Down
  1. 1. This was the name of the police force that the "Five Civilized Tribes" developed.
  2. 3. This man led a group of Sauk and Fox people back to Illinois to retake their homeland.
  3. 4. The area west of this state was considered dry and unsuitable for farming.
  4. 5. Pyramid Lake was in what is now this state.
  5. 8. This Native American tribe in Florida successfully resisted their removal.
  6. 10. This was what the Paiute referred to themselves as.
  7. 11. This precious metal was discovered near Pyramid Lake, which further spiked tensions between the Native Americans and the settlers.