Using any (and only) material from the course thus far, answer one of the two questions about immigration and native Appalachians below. Your response should be 800-1,200 words with citations from the book(s) to support your argument. Simple parenthetical citation is fine.

Using any (and only) material from the course thus far, answer one of the two questions about immigration and native Appalachians below. Your response should be 800-1,200 words with citations from the book(s) to support your argument. Simple parenthetical citation is fine. Your essay should have an introduction with a thesis statement, or argument, which addresses the prompt. It should also have a body (a few paragraphs) offering evidence from course material to support your thesis. Finally, your essay should have a conclusion that summarizes your argument.
Some scholars have argued that the beliefs and experiences of the Cherokee parallel those of the white settlers in Appalachia very closely. What on Earth do you think they mean and what sort of evidence could they give to support such a claim? Do you agree?