W. Dale Weeks, PhD

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Cherokee Civil Warrior tells the story of how the Cherokee Nation struggled against the United States government for tribal sovereignty during the nineteenth century. From the "Trail of Tears" through the Civil War, principal chief John Ross led the tribe in its quest to retain the right to determine its own future. 

It also lays the historical foundation for the struggle with Cherokee identity and citizenship that has ripped through the tribe in the twenty-first century. Forced to grant citizenship to the descendants of their former slaves following he Civil War, the Cherokee people continue to struggle for the right to determine the boundaries of Cheorkee identity.

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 “Cherokee Civil Warrior boldly places Chief John Ross at the center of the political struggle for Native sovereignty, recognizing the impact of his leadership far beyond Removal and the Civil War. It offers a fresh approach to fathoming the drastic changes in federal Indian policy at the end of the nineteenth century by looking through the lens of Cherokee autonomy.”—Clarrissa Confer, author of The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War 

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