Joel B. Mayes

Joel B. Mayes
Tsa-wa Gak-ski
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation leader
Preceded byDennis Bushyhead
Succeeded byC. J. Harris
Personal details
Born(1833-10-02)October 2, 1833
Cartersville, Georgia, US
DiedDecember 14, 1891(1891-12-14) (aged 58)
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, US
Resting placeTahlequah Cemetery, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Spouse(s)Martha J. Candy
Martha McNair
Mary Delilah Vann Drew
EducationCherokee Male Seminary
Known forCherokee Supreme Court justice, Cherokee Outlet sale

Joel Bryan Mayes (Tsa-wa Gak-ski, in Cherokee)[1] (1833 – 1891) was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.[2]

  1. ^ Powell, J. W. Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Page 536.
  2. ^ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore. Oklahoma City: The Warden Company, 1921. Page 263.