United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Off Ga. 225 at New Echota parking area, N.E. of CalhounText of marker: "NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital. The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825 and it was renamed New Echota for a former principal town in Tennessee. In its short history New Echota was the site of the first Indian language newspaper office, a court case which carried to the U.S. Supreme Court, one of the earliest experiments in national self-government for an Indian tribe, the signing of a treaty which relinquished Cherokee claims to lands east of the Mississippi, and the assembly of Indians for removal west. 064-29 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1962"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Gordon CountyCherokee Indians--GeorgiaNew Echota Cherokee National Capital historical markerStillImage