In 1901, her father, who was Black and Cherokee, relocated to Native American ... was slightly more welcoming to Black people than Texas had been. In Chicago, Coleman was able to mingle with ...

representatives of the three federally recognized tribes of the Cherokee people—the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ...

Then began the march known as the Trail of Tears, in which 4,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger, and disease on their way to the western lands. By 1837, the Jackson administration had ...