In this video, I cover the lesser-known Texas Cherokee Nation and their struggle to survive in Texas from 1819 to 1839.

Sources:

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Everett, Dianna. The Texas Cherokees: A People Between Two Fires, 1819-1840. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma, 1990.

Haynes, Sam W. Contested Empire: Rethinking the Texas Revolution. College Station, TX: Texas A&M, 2015.

Howell, Kenneth Wayne, and Charles Swanlund, eds. Single Star of the West The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845. Denton, TX: University of North Texas, 2017.

McLoughlin, William G. After the Trail of Tears The Cherokees' Struggle for Sovereignty, 1839-1880. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 2014.

Moore, Stephen L. Last Stand of the Texas Cherokees: Chief Bowles and the 1839 Cherokee War in Texas. Garland, TX: RAM Books, 2009.

Torget, Andrew J. Seeds of Empire Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 2015.