“All went through their own versions of the Trail of Tears,” said Norris. Each summer, students from the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina retrace ...
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 ...
"It is a case study in the danger that existed throughout the Cherokee forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears, and it is an opportunity to restore Orr's humanity and his position within the ...
Anthony Sequoyah, operations manager of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, talks about the relationship between the tribe, the Trail of Tears forced migration and nature.