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 ...

Tennessee State Parks on Monday dedicated the new Cherokee Trail of Tears State Park, which preserves and interprets the ...

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 ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an ...

The late Dr. James Livingood, distinguished University of Tennessee at Chattanooga professor, discussed the Cherokee removal in excerpts from his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History": "The soldiers ...

I: Crisis of gender -- Cultural continuity -- Early catalysts for change -- The trail of tears -- II: Crisis of the Civil War and reconstruction -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction -- III: Crisis of ...

Introduction / Duane H. King and E. Raymond Evans -- Schermerhorn's summons to the Cherokee to assemble at Red Clay -- Memorandum to the Cherokees, December 28, 1837 / John Kennedy, Th. W. Wilson, Nat ...

This summer bike riders from two Cherokee tribes are retracing the Trail of Tears. Along the way they'll learn about the forced removal of their ancestors. Cyclists from two Cherokee tribes are ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Northeastern State University's John Vaughan Library will be featuring a commemorative special collection centered around the Trail of Tears throughout the month of May. Curated by ...