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The Cherokee are a Native American tribe that lived in the southeastern United States. Mooney spent a lot of time with them and documented their history from the time of their first contact with whites until the end of the nineteenth century. He shows the humanity and inhumanity in their relations with other groups, as well as the fortitude and persistence balanced with disillusionment and frustration. The history of the Cherokee epitomizes the experience of most Native Americans.
When James Mooney lived with and studied the Cherokee between 1887 and 1900, they were the largest and most important Indian tribe in the United States. His dispassionate account of their history from the time of their first contact with whites until the end of the nineteenth century is more than a sequence of battles won and lost, treaties signed and broken, towns destroyed and people massacred. There is humanity along with inhumanity in the relations between the Cherokee and other groups, Indian and non-Indian; there is fortitude and persistence balanced with disillusionment and frustration. In these respects, the history of the Cherokee epitomies the experience of most Native Americans.
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