What is Treaty of New Echota?
[[File:Cherokeenation1830map.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cherokee territory in northern Georgia, 1830]] The '''Treaty of New Echota''' (7 Stat. 488) was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in [[New Echota]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] by officials of the [[United States government]] and representatives of a minority [[Cherokee]] faction, the Treaty Party.<ref>Starr, Emmet 1967. ''History of the Cherokee Indians''. Fayetteville: Indian Heritage Assn., p. 86</ref> The treaty of New Echota essentially made the [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] move out of the southeast United States and into [[Indian Territory]]. This move was called the [[Trail of Tears]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1835 in the United States]] [[Category:19th-century treaties]] [[Category:Cherokee Nation]] {{multistub|history|US}}