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Red Clay State Historic Park is a state park located in southern Bradley County, Tennessee, United States.The park preserves the Red Clay Council Grounds, which were the site of the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in the eastern United States from 1832 to 1838 before the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. [2]
Location of the Eastern Cherokee Indian Land Trust Blowgun demonstration in Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, North Carolina The Eastern Cherokee Indian Nation Land, officially known as the Qualla Boundary , is located at 35°28′43″N 83°16′20″W / 35.47861°N 83.27222°W / 35.47861; -83.27222 in western North Carolina ...
The park borders an Indian reservation to the south that is home to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally-recognized tribe who are descended from a small group of Cherokee who evaded the forced migration of the Cherokee people to present-day Oklahoma. The town of Gatlinburg is located directly north of the park.
In 1838 and 1839, the majority of the Cherokee were forced from native homelands in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the new “Indian Territory” Oklahoma. The route has become known as ...
Cherokee (*) 505,021: 125,000: 6,693.73 (17,336.68) ... A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state-recognized ...
The Oconaluftee River [4] drains the south-central Oconaluftee valley of the Great Smoky Mountains in Western North Carolina before emptying into the Tuckasegee River.The river flows through the Qualla Boundary, a federal land trust that serves as a reserve for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, the only federally recognized tribe in North Carolina.
Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is located 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census [ 7 ] and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. [ 8 ]
Deep Creek Valley, part of the Oconaluftee watershed. Near Newfound Gap, several small streams converge to form Beech Flats Prong.This stream flows south along the southern base of Mount Kephart, dropping 2,000 feet (600 m) over 10 miles (16 km) before merging with Kephart Prong, Kanati Fork, and Smith Branch to form the Oconaluftee River.