The poinsettia is a 'mortal flower' with indigenous roots: How did it become a Christmas symbol?
L ong before the poinsettia graced holiday decorations, it held deep cultural and spiritual significance for the Aztecs, who ...
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Joel Poinsett: all about the namesake of poinsettia, a secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’
including the westward relocation of Cherokee populations to Oklahoma known as the “Trail of Tears”. In a new biography titled Flowers, Guns and Money, historian Lindsay Schakenbach Regele ...
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The Trail of Tears
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 ...