Markers and remnants of the Trail of Tears stretch as a series of scars across the American landscape. The trail’s facilitators stand as a representation of America at her worst; its captives as a ...
When the forced roundup of Cherokees began in May 1838, most were taken to Ross's Landing or the Cherokee Agency on the Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tennessee. The plans were to deport Cherokees by ...
The Cherokee Nation, following a week of celebratory and tribal events in Chattanooga, headed back to Oklahoma while distributing almost $100,000 to Trail of Tears associations in the nine states the ...