Treaty of New Echota

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Treaty of New Echota

Cherokee territory in northern Georgia, 1830
Signed	29 December 1835 (1835-12-29)
Location	New Echota
Effective	23 May 1836 (1836-05-23)
Parties	United States Cherokee Nation
Citations	7 Stat. 478
See also the Supplementary Articles of 1 March 1836 (7 Stat. 488).

The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia, by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party.^[1]

The treaty established terms for the Cherokee Nation to cede its territory in the southeast and move west to the Indian Territory. Although the treaty was not approved by the Cherokee National Council nor signed by Principal Chief John Ross, it was amended and ratified in March 1836, and became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears.