Concept information
Preferred term
Cherokee
Definition
- The Cherokee make up the largest of the 563 federally recognized American Indian tribes in the United States, with a total population of 729,533 (including over 250,000 enrolled tribal members). Despite the impact of colonization and the long history of formal policies and attempts by the U.S. government to assimilate the Cherokee, they remain a distinct political, cultural, and linguistic group within the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Cherokee]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Cherokee
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