Question

These people were led by a “triumvirate” of leaders that included James Vann and Major Ridge. One of these people named Stand Watie (15[2])was (15[2])the last Confederate (15[1])general to surrender during the Civil War. The newspaper The Phoenix was founded for these people by Elias Boudinot (15[1])(“BOO-din-ot”) and Samuel (*) Worcester (10[1])(“WU-str”), the latter of whom was a plaintiff in an 1832 case versus the state of Georgia. (10[1])This tribe, which was forced (-5[1])to sign the Treaty of New Echota, had its alphabet developed by Sequoyah. For 10 points, name this “civilized” Native American tribe of the Southeast that was the largest to undertake the Trail of Tears. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Cherokee Nation [or Tsalgi; prompt on Native Americans or American Indians]
<History - American History>
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