John Ross, Cherokee Chief Beaded double-wall basket by Cherokee National

double-wall basket by Cherokee National Treasure Louisa Soap

of total length of beadwork

and Blue:  African American Scouts and Soldiers on the Western Frontier takes an in-depth look at African Americans who were scouts and soldiers on the United States western frontier during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

1754 - 1763

4 1/2" X 2 3/4"

John Ross, Cherokee Chief Beaded double-wall basket by Cherokee NationalIn John Ross, Cherokee Chief, Gary Moulton examines the life of the man who led the Cherokee people during the most trying and tragic period of their long history. Ross was the principal Cherokee negotiator with the encroaching whites during the Georgia gold rush, guided the tribe through the treacherous years of the Civil War, and struggled to preserve unity among his people during their removal westward by the United States government, along the