May 26, 1838, was the start of what we know today as the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of 16,000 members of the ...

Poking through the bluegrass are the gravestones of two Cherokee chiefs, silent reminders that 4,000 Indians died here and elsewhere along the infamous ”Trail of Tears,” the tribe`s forced ...

The Trail of Tears — the forced ... relationship between the Cherokee nation and the U.S. government, and the present-day legacy of the Trail of Tears. "Jackson's Indian Removal bill was in ...

17 cyclists from the Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently visited the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park in Hopkinsville, Ky. WILL CHAVEZ: Thank you all for inviting us ...

Library of Congress When you think of the Trail of Tears, you likely imagine a long procession of suffering Cherokee Indians forced westward by a villainous Andrew Jackson. Perhaps you envision ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal ... present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its ...

Cherokee National Treasure Tonia Hogner-Weavel earned this year's top recognition for her cotton floral tear dress with gold-beaded paisley embellishments and a small coordinating Cherokee-styled ...