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 ...

For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...

ARROYO: In the case of Andy -- In the case of Andy Jackson, really quickly, they say, "Look, he created the Trail of Tears, he attacked the Indians" -- here's the reality, he went to war with the ...

In 1830, the Indian Removal Act paved the way for the forced migration of first the Choctaw, then the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee Creek and Seminole Tribes on the Trail of Tears. We need your ...

The removal, which became known as the Trail of Tears, was a nightmare for the Cherokees, a peaceful tribe that had adopted many white ways. Their homes were burned and many of their possessions ...

Trail of Tears: The Hymn is a narrative short film on the true story of a Cherokee man who transcribed his grandmother’s hymn into a journal before being forced to walk the Trail of Tears.

The mom of Rachel Morin — the Maryland woman who was allegedly raped and murdered by an illegal migrant from El Salvador — stoically fought back tears in ... the 150-foot trail of blood ...