A. Identify the group of natives that were forcefully removed from Georgia in the 1830’s. B. Define assimilation.
C. List and explain two ways the Cherokee attempted to assimilate into American culture in order to keep their land.

The cultural assimilation of Native Americans was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European–American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920

Cultural assimilation is a way of designating the process of integration of an ethno-cultural group - such as immigrants, minority ethnic groups and others - into a larger or dominant community, within what is considered established as the common.

Cherokees expressed their desire to conform to the white culture of the European settlers along the east coast, even before their relocation to Oklahoma. Missionaries, like those from Massachusetts, found success in converting many Cherokees and spread ideals of Christianity among the Tribe. As seen at Park Hill Mission Station, location of the first Cherokee Female Seminary, these assimilation connections served as useful to Cherokees like Will P. Ross who wanted to reap the benefits of the structure of white assimilated education while holding onto a piece of their own heritage.