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I Am "John Ross"

1. Who is your "I am..." person? What made you interested in this person? My project is about John Ross, the well known Chief of the Cherokee indians. My project was originally "The Trail of Tears" which Cherokee indians had to move to Okalahoma by Andrew Jackson's new act. While I was researching about "The Trail of Tears", I remembered 'John Ross' which I once read it in the book. I read his letter called "The heart", letter wrote by John Ross to protest against the Jackson's act. As you read the letter you might feel Cherokee indians' and Ross' love of nature and their land. By his letter, I wanted to know his policies and contributions under his terms.

2. Explain what you already knew about your "I am..." person prior to beginning your research. I already knew that he was the well known Cherokee indian chief under the term during the "Trail of Tears".

3. What are some of the questions that came into your mind about your person while researching? What did you wonder about? At first, I wanted to know his contributions which developed his nations. Also I thought of writting about his entire life and Cherokee Indain nation.

My Historical Question is __//"How did Chief John Ross contributed and affected Cherokee Indians during his term?"//__
//**__Primary Sources__**//

__Documentary__ - This is the letter written by John Ross to U.S government of protesting of Andrew Jackson's Act.

2. - This is the Cherokee nation's constitution made by John Ross.

3. - This is the Cherokee alphabet designed by John Ross.

__MAP__ - This is the map of the "Trail of Tears" which Cherokee indians moved to Oklahoma.

__Audio__ There is no audio/speech of John Ross

__Video__
 * This is the animation called "On a Spring day". It is about "The Trail of Tears" and spoken in Cherokee language.


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJwtn2-lRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grVVC6BgxK4&feature=related
 * This is the video called "The Cherokee Nation". It shows many pictures of Cherokee nation with the music called "The Cherokee Nation".

__Photo images__
 * This is the pictures of John Ross.


 * This is pictures of the "Trail of Tears"

__Book__
 * h__ttp://www.flipkart.com/john-ross-cherokee-chief-gary/0820323675-q7w3f9507g//__
 * __http://www.flipkart.com/john-ross-cherokee-indians-rachel/0559986831-h0w3fb6b8f#previewbook__

// __Quotes__ //
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 * <span style="font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"We, the great mass of the people think only of the love we have for our land, we do love the landwhere we were brought up. We will never let our hold to this land go, to let it go it will be like throwing away (our) mother that gave (us) birth." - Letter "Our heart is Sickened"
 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html ("Our heart is Sickened")

**__Secondary Resources__**
 * __http://www.cerritos.edu/soliver/American%20Identities/Trail%20of%20Tears/quotes.htm__
 * __http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tncjrcd/biography.htm__
 * __http://www.rossvillega.com/cherokee_chief_john_ross.htm__
 * __http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6598/htm__
 * __http://rossvillega.com/cherokee_chief_john_ross.htm__

For more information about Cherokee nation go to this site. http://www.cherokee.org

__Podcast__

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