- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Elias Boudinot (ca. 1804-1839)
- Creator:
- Pulley, Angela F.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-03
- Subject:
- Boudinot, Elias d. 1839
Newspaper editors--Georgia
Cherokee Indians--Georgia
Indians of North America--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun, 34.50259, -84.95105
United States, Georgia, Gordon County, New Town, 34.53064, -84.90578 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Elias Boudinot. Elias Boudinot was a formally educated Cherokee who became the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in the United States. In the mid-1820s the Cherokee Nation was under enormous pressure from surrounding states, especially Georgia, to move to a territory west of the Mississippi River. Ultimately, the Cherokee Nation was divided, with the majority opposing removal, and a small but influential minority, including Boudinot, favoring removal. As an educator, an advocate of Cherokee acculturation, and editor of the Phoenix, Boudinot played a crucial role in Cherokee history during the decades preceding the Nation's forced removal, often referred to as the Trail of Tears.
GSE identifier: SS2H1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/elias-boudinot-ca-1804-1839/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "Elias Boudinot (ca. 1804-1839)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
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