Does this encompass Oklahoma AND North Carolina
North Carolinian Cherokee appear totally sustainable in and of themselves
This only refers to the “Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma”. There are two other official Cherokee tribes: The Keetowah Band of Oklahoma (who arrived before the Trail of Tears) and the North Carolina Cherokee. The Cherokee Nation is the biggest of the three and the one you hear of the most.
The North Carolina Cherokee are the ones that didn’t agree to travel The Trail Of Tears to Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Cherokee are the ones that went along to get along. They are two different Cherokee governments. What one does has no effect on what the other does.