In the passage Cherokee Nation wants to seat in congress it was promised is 1836 What is the relationship between John Ridge and John Ross?

John Ridge believed participating in treaty negotiations would enable the Cherokee to protect themselves while John Ross believed fighting against forced removal would better protect the Cherokee people.

John Ridge believed a treaty would force John Marshall to enforce his court decision, but John Ross believed that only resistance to removal would enforce the court decision. John Ridge and John Ross were both leaders. of the Cherokee tribe who believed that their most important duty was protecting their peoples's right to live on their ancestral lands.

John Ridge worked hard to get the Cherokee Nation to sign the Treaty of Echota while John Ross worked hard to encourage the Cherokee Nation and the Senate to get rid of the treaty of Echota.​