| the Five Civilized Tribes 
 
 the  Five Civilized Tribes [the Five Civilized Tribes] BrE NAmE
 the name used to refer to five groups of Native-American people in the  ↑South: the  ↑Cherokee,  ↑Choctaw, Chickasaw,  ↑Creek  and  ↑Seminole. The tribes were forced to leave their own lands and settle in the  ↑Indian Territory, even though it was thought that they could be trusted because they had developed their own versions of the American  Constitution  and US laws.
 
 
 |  |