This earned the nations the designation of the "Five Civilized Tribes." They adopted this policy of assimilation in an attempt to coexist with settlers and ward off hostility. But it only made ...

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed the recipes contributed to the 1984 cookbook 'Pow Wow Chow' were 'family' ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma’s Five Civilized Tribes are asking state lawmakers to not move forward with a bill they believe would harm the state’s water quality. House Bill 4118 says if ...

The Cherokee nation was one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the southeast, and Andrew Jackson planned their removal along with all other tribes existing east of the Mississippi River.

Enslavement by Indigenous Tribes Some Native American tribes, particularly the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole), adopted the practice of slavery ...