Trail of tears

One of the most historic stretches of the Trail of Tears is found in Illinois, and while guests can walk the path, it puts hikers in the footsteps of a

A "trail of tears and death" is how a Choctaw leader described the experience of his people being forcibly removed from their tribal homelands and sent west of the Mississippi. How many people were affected?

The painting above is titled “Trail of Tears.” It’s a 1942 work by Robert Lindneux and is currently on display at the Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve in Bartlesville. It depicts the brutal and atrocious forced removal of the Cherokee nation from its lands east of the Mississippi to present day Oklahoma in what became known as… […]

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The Trail of Tears was one of the worst things I ever learned about growing up. This image depicts the hardship and the journey that the American Indian... The Trail of Tears

By the close of the Indian Wars in the late 19th century, fewer than 238,000 Indigenous people remained

Native American tribes inhabited the south until people discovered gold. Once found, This Is My South Explains how the Indians went to internment camps and later went on the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears runs through many states in the south including, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky. There are landmarks in each of these states. Find out where they are so you can visit if you like.

The Trail of Tears May 1838