<P> In 1827 , the Cherokee Nation drafted a Constitution modeled on the United States , with executive , legislative and judicial branches and a system of checks and balances . The two - tiered legislature was led by Major Ridge and his son John Ridge . Convinced the tribe 's survival required English - speaking leaders who could negotiate with the U.S. , the legislature appointed John Ross as Principal Chief . A printing press was established at New Echota by the Vermont missionary Samuel Worcester and Major Ridge 's nephew Elias Boudinot , who had taken the name of his white benefactor , a leader of the Continental Congress and New Jersey Congressman . They translated the Bible into Cherokee syllabary . Boudinot published the first edition of the bilingual ' Cherokee Phoenix , ' the first American Indian newspaper , in February 1828 . </P>
<P> In 1827 , the Cherokee Nation drafted a Constitution modeled on the United States , with executive , legislative and judicial branches and a system of checks and balances . The two - tiered legislature was led by Major Ridge and his son John Ridge . Convinced the tribe 's survival required English - speaking leaders who could negotiate with the U.S. , the legislature appointed John Ross as Principal Chief . A printing press was established at New Echota by the Vermont missionary Samuel Worcester and Major Ridge 's nephew Elias Boudinot , who had taken the name of his white benefactor , a leader of the Continental Congress and New Jersey Congressman . They translated the Bible into Cherokee syllabary . Boudinot published the first edition of the bilingual ' Cherokee Phoenix , ' the first American Indian newspaper , in February 1828 . </P>
in 1827 the cherokee tribe of georgia wrote a constitution modeled on what document
in 1827 the cherokee tribe of georgia wrote a constitution modeled on what document
the United States
the United States