Editing Indian removal (section)

===Aftermath===
The Five Civilized Tribes were resettled in the new Indian Territory.<ref name="Gibson1984" /> The Cherokee occupied the northeast corner of the territory and a {{convert|70|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} strip of land in Kansas on its border with the territory.<ref name="Williams2016" /> Some indigenous nations resisted the forced migration more strongly.<ref name="Oakley2005" /><ref name="Anderson2014161" /> The few who stayed behind eventually formed tribal groups,<ref name="Adams2016" /> including the Eastern Band of Cherokee (based in North Carolina),<ref name="Finger1984" /><ref name="Christie2009" /><ref name="SarmientoHitchner2017" /> the [[Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians]],<ref name="WellsTubby2010" /><ref name="LittlefieldParins2011" /> the Seminole Tribe of Florida,<ref name="Weisman1989" /><ref name="HeidlerHeidler2003" /><ref name="Sturtevant2008" /> and the Creeks in Alabama<ref name="Barnett2012" /> (including the [[Poarch Band of Creek Indians|Poarch Band]]).<ref name="Sturtevant2008123" /><ref name="Parins20118" /><ref name="Hébert2017" />