The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...

The Cherokee diaspora is memorialized at dozens of sites like Mantle Rock, across nine states and 5,000 miles, by the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. As the American frontier bulged westward ...

Cherokee Nation announced the top honors of the longest-running Native American juried art show during a special reception on ...

Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans was paternalistic and patronizing -- he described them as children in ... march known as the Trail of Tears, in which 4,000 Cherokee people died of ...

Discover the profound history of the Trail of Tears as we explore the significant sites that honor the Cherokee journey. Join us in remembering and reflecting on this important chapter in American ...

There’s a chapter in Virginia’s Indigenous history that’s been largely untold. This Saturday, historic Smithfield museum in ...

The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is a long-distance route that follows the path the Cherokee nation took during ...

John Ross, left, and Major Ridge teamed up to protect Cherokee holdings in what is now Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Library ...

The last two years Thompson has entered pairs of sneakers into Cherokee Nation's Trail of Tears Art Show, which is the ...