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How did Chief John Ross hope to help the Cherokee stay on their land?

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In 1823 he exposed attempts by federal commissioners to bribe him into approving Cherokee land sales. ... In the West Ross helped write a constitution (1839) for the United Cherokee Nation. He was chosen chief of the new government, an office he held for the remainder of his life

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