"Native
Americans in the Early Republic:
Handsome Lake
of the Seneca and John Ross
of the Cherokee."
Charles Roberts,
Department of History
California State University
Sacramento
Charles Robertslink is a professor of Native
American History & Literature
at California State University,
Sacramento, where he has taught
since 1970.His areas of particular
interest are the Choctaw of
Mississippi & Oklahoma from
the 1880's to the 1940's &
the modern history of California
Indians. He is the author of
numerous articles and a book
"The Choctaws: A Critical
Bibliography". He is currently
preparing for publication articles
on the Pomo Women's Club, the
California Indian Jurisdictional
Act of 1928, the Zuni pilgrimage
to Boston in 1882 and a textbook
on California Indian history.
he received his Ph.D. in US
History from the University
of Oregon in 1975.
Read more about
Gary Moulton's biography of John
Ross, click on image.
Information
about Handsome Lake (Seneca
prophet Handsome Lake (ca. 1735-1815)
played a major role in the revival
of his own and other Iroquois
League tribes.)
Information
about John Ross (Native
American chief (1790–1866).
He was, born. near Lookout Mt.,
Tenn., of Scottish and Cherokee
parents and in the War of 1812
served under Andrew Jackson. Elected
principal chief of the eastern
Cherokee in 1828, Ross struggled
to hold the ancestral lands of
his people but was unable to withstand
the constant pressure of the state
of Georgia for removal.)
