In ‘By the Fire We Carry’, Rebecca Nagle Traces the Complex History of the Cherokee Nation

Starting with George Washington, US presidents promised Cherokees that if they could live more like white people—raise livestock, farm, wear cotton clothes, and adopt Christianity—they could remain on …Starting with George Washington, US presidents promised Cherokees that if they could live more like white people—raise livestock, farm, wear cotton clothes, and adopt Christianity—they could remain on …