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The Cherokee Nation–East adopted a written constitution in 1827, creating a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The Principal Chief was elected by the National Council, which was the legislature of the Nation. The Cherokee Nation–West adopted a similar constitution in 1833.
Cherokee: Sakayengwaraton: 1792–1886 1810s Mohawk: Shingas: fl. 1740–1763 Lenape: Chief Seattle: c. 1780–1866 Suquamish-Duwamish: Sitting Bull: c. 1831–1890 1870s–1890s Lakota Spotted Elk: c. 1826–1890 1870s–1890s Lakota
The Ridge, later known as Major Ridge (c. 1771 – 22 June 1839; known in Cherokee as Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi [ᎦᏅᏓᏞᎩ] [1]) was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker.
Little Turkey, born in about 1758, was elected First Beloved Man by the general council of the Cherokee upon their re-establishment of the council's seat at Ustanali on the Conasauga River. This was after the murder of Corntassel in 1788. The United States recognized his rival, Hanging Maw of Coyatee, as the Cherokees' leading headman.
Chieftains Museum, also known as the Major Ridge Home, is a two-story white frame house built around a log house of 1819 in Cherokee country (today it is within present-day Rome, Georgia, United States of America). It was the home of the Cherokee leader Major Ridge.
The Cherokee have seven clans and have had that number as long as there has been contact with Europeans. Some have multiple names, and according to ethnographer James Mooney the seven are the result of consolidation of as many as what was previously fourteen separate clans in more ancient times.
Cunne Shote, Cherokee Chief, by Francis Parsons (English), 1762, oil on canvas, Gilcrease Museum. Conocotocko [a] / ˌ k ʌ n ə k ə ˈ t oʊ k oʊ / (Cherokee: ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ, romanized: Gvnagadoga, "Standing Turkey"), also known by the folk-etymologized name Cunne Shote, [b] was First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1760.
Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, [a] c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who resisted colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South.