In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears—a death march that forced around 60,000 Indigenous people to leave their homes and move ...

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears — a death march that forced around 60,000 Indigenous people to leave their homes and move ...

Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. This picture, The Trail of Tears, was painted by Robert Lindneux in 1942. It commemorates the suffering of the Cherokee people under forced removal.

In Oklahoma, where the Trail of Tears had ended, there were the Old Settlers, who had agreed to move to Indian Territory under duress as early as 1794, and had been the subject of derision from ...

He’s too busy trying to Make America White Again, so he can release his new Trail of Tears Version 2.025. Floyd Guffey of Fort Wayne is a retiree.

They started Sept. 28, 1838. The group followed the Southwest Trail, and, in January 1839, arrived in Carrollton, east of Springdale.

Ike Moore, the president of the Alabama-Tennessee Trail of Tears Corridor, said we have to remember the history. “It’s history,” said Moore. “History, good or bad we need to remember it.

The Cherokee Nation is contributing $10,000 each to nine Trail of Tears Association state chapters, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced during the National Trail of Tears Association ...

Vernon Courtwright grew up eating Indian peaches. Now 75 years old, the Muscogee elder and veteran says his family brought Indian peach seeds and planted them when they were done walking The Trail.

Vernon Courtwright grew up eating Indian peaches. Now 75 years old, the Muscogee elder and veteran says his family brought Indian peach seeds and planted them when they were done walking The Trail.

Vernon Courtwright grew up eating Indian peaches. Now 75 years old, the Muscogee elder and veteran says his family brought Indian peach seeds and planted them when they were done walking The Trail.