What do you know about THE TRAIL OF TEARS?

What do you know about THE TRAIL OF TEARS?Blessings........Annlee.......Medicinewoman of the Bear Clan Asked by Annlee 40 months ago Similar questions: TRAIL TEARS Society > story.

A little. It involved the Cherokee Indians & related tribes. The US govt wanted to move them west to make way for clearing the land & establishing farms in the TN area.

The Cherokee had learned the lessons of civilization. They had also created an alphabet & a written language & were adapting to white man's ways. They had learned white man's way of resolving conflicts.

They took the govt to court. The US Supreme Court ruled in their favor, meaning they could not be forced off their lands. President Andrew Jackson, a man who was not going to let a SC decision prevent him from doing anything said, "Mr Marshal has made his decision, not let him enforce it".

The Cherokee, et al were deported to what became the OK territory. Thousands of Indians died on the forced move to OK, hence the 'Trail of Tears'. The US wasn't perfect & has made plenty of mistakes.

While what happened was wrong, things had improved to the point that there was a wholesale massacre of the Cherokee. It took over 60 yrs but a bright spot did appear. Oil was discovered on Indian lands.

Of course the whites took part of their lands away from them again. Economically, this is the best reservation because of the oil revenue.

I guess you could say I know a little more about it than I care to. Sad times indeed and a sorry age for all of mankind. Sources: ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html; Windows Live Search; C.L.Sonnichsen's Thge Mescalero Apaches; Raymond F.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830. The greed for more land and no doubt better land forced the lives of innocent people to be either ruined or ended and relocated from the homes they had always known and loved. The white man will carry this pox on his soul forever.

Sadly this continues to this day with man wanting more and more, robbing from the natural resources of this nation in order to construct more residential and commercial space and turning the beauty that once was into an asphalt and concrete monstrosity. Sadly, this is part of the history of this nation no matter how badly we want to hide our heads in the sand and pretend it never occurred. We can only pray the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Choctaw descendants can forgive the transgressions caused by our forefathers for this brutal robbery.

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1 It was long and heartbreaking and that is all I have to say about that.

It was long and heartbreaking and that is all I have to say about that.

2 I have read about it in numerous books and own several very good documentaries that touch on the subject. I have a strong interest in learning all I can from contemporary accounts of such tragedies in human history. Particularly in American history as much of it is recent enough to still be affecting the generations alive today.

Annlee— you have any recommendations about books or online writings about the history and aftermath of the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands during that period it would be great if you would post them here. I, myself, am particularly interested in personal and family accounts, because it's the human aspect I learn most from. To anyone here on Askville whose own family history includes accounts of what it was like to be touched by this, I would someday like to see you retell some of their stories here for all to see.

I'm a firm believer in storytelling as an eye-opening experience. A while back Kar asked a wonderful question that brought out some amazing personal accounts of what made us first realize that the world wasn't as idyllic as we imagined it to be in childhood. Reading those made be certain there are more backstories here that deserve to be published.

I have read about it in numerous books and own several very good documentaries that touch on the subject. I have a strong interest in learning all I can from contemporary accounts of such tragedies in human history. Particularly in American history as much of it is recent enough to still be affecting the generations alive today.

Annlee— you have any recommendations about books or online writings about the history and aftermath of the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands during that period it would be great if you would post them here. I, myself, am particularly interested in personal and family accounts, because it's the human aspect I learn most from. To anyone here on Askville whose own family history includes accounts of what it was like to be touched by this, I would someday like to see you retell some of their stories here for all to see.

I'm a firm believer in storytelling as an eye-opening experience. A while back Kar asked a wonderful question that brought out some amazing personal accounts of what made us first realize that the world wasn't as idyllic as we imagined it to be in childhood. Reading those made be certain there are more backstories here that deserve to be published.

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Its over its over now its time to say goodbye no tears no pain.

Looking for a book on North American Indians- specifically Cherokees and the Trail of Tears, also in Spanish.

Talk about writing through tears ... I'm overwhelmed ...

Why is there so much salt in my tears and why does it burn thank you.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.