![]() ![]() In the years following the Indian Removal Act (1830), Boudinot had increasingly supported the voluntary removal of the Cherokees to a territory west of the Mississippi River. As the focus of the newspaper shifted to the removal crisis, the paper’s editor began to find himself at odds with the General Council and the anti-removal principal Chief John Ross. ![]() The impending removal of the Cherokees from Georgia was a closely watched issue nationally. In 1829 the name of the Cherokee Phoenix was changed to the Cherokee Phoenix and Indians’ Advocate to reflect the expanding scope of the publication. For the first time, Cherokees were able to read the news of their nation in their own language. ![]() Short works of fiction and columns reprinted from other newspapers also appeared routinely. In it he pledged to print the official laws and documents of the Cherokee Nation, local and international news items, columns on the Cherokees’ progress in the “arts of civilized life,” and tracts on temperance and Christian living. Boudinot issued a detailed prospectus for the paper in October 1827. The first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix was published on February 21, 1828. ![]()
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