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Cherokee Nation accepting Trail of Tears Art Show submissions
The 54th annual Trail of Tears Art Show will be presented from April 5 to May 10 in the Cherokee Springs Plaza gallery and online. Since 1972, the art show has fostered the artistic expression of ...
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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 ...
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The Treaty That Forced the Cherokee People from Their Homelands Goes on View
Some four thousand died on what became known as the Trail of Tears. During the treaty’s unveiling at the museum, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker pointed out that this chapter of ...
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Local History: Tragedy of Trail of Tears comes to close in late 1838
The late Dr. James Livingood, distinguished University of Tennessee at Chattanooga professor, discussed the Cherokee removal ...
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Where They Cried
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 ...