What is unique about the cherokee story in the larger theme of american indian resistance to u. s. expansion?
a. the cherokee banded together to refuse to adopt any forms of white culture and to stick to their traditional ways.
b. the cherokee experienced success through their strategy of negotiation with american leaders and retained lands.
c. the cherokee attempted to assimilate and use american legal channels to resolve the conflicts with white settlers.
d. the cherokee leaders were themselves of mixed ancestry and had been raised in white culture, not the american indian culture.