United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun, 34.50259, -84.95105United States, Georgia, Gordon County, New Town, 34.53064, -84.90578Pulley, Angela F.2002-09-03Encyclopedia 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: SS2H1text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Boudinot, Elias d. 1839Newspaper editors--GeorgiaCherokee Indians--GeorgiaIndians of North America--GeorgiaElias Boudinot (ca. 1804-1839)Text