How did gold affect the cherokee nation?

its not a multipull choice

It impacted their land.

Explanation:

The gold rush had just began, but unfortunately, most of the gold was on Cherokee land. A huge influx of miners came to these lands and destroyed them in hopes to become part of the gold rush and get rich. But in the end, the Cherokee's land was left destroyed.

as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.