Trail of tears

Discover the story behind the Trail of Tears and how a portion of it ended up in Illinois. Check out where in the state you can find this path.

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?

Born and raised in Claremore, Geraldine Henson Birdsbill turns 100 this Sunday.

Trail of Tears Unit Study and Lapbook. Though we will focus of course on the culture and life of a few different Native American people, I wanted to expose the injustices and ugly side of American history.

Explore the story of the Cherokee Nation's removal from their native land. Students can analyze the treaty, view maps of the removal route, explore documents and visuals, and consider discussion questions to learn more about the Nation's removal experience.

1. page: short text for reading and learning new words;2. page: small quiz to check if the students understood the text / also some interesting history facts.In 1830 the Indian Removal Act was signed. In that Act, all the vast Natives’ lands east of the Mississippi river were to be exchanged for land to the west, called the “Indian colonization zone” (present-day Oklahoma). So the US goverment forced all the tribes from those lands to move, they mostly went on foot and tens of thousands men…

By Nathania Sawyer :: Illustration by Micah David ollowing the path of history can lead down some difficult routes—especially when looking at European exploration, settlement and expansion in relation to the indigenous peoples who lived here first. But, as Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living,” and understanding the struggles of those who […]

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Trail of Tears anchor chart 4th grade

Trail of Tears Art In the Museum of The Cherokee Indian im Cherokee NC.

For our third week of class Rhiannon really wanted to do a Native American tribe. She wanted to focus on the Nez Perce (because of Kaya,the...

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 Indians partook. I realize it was probably a lot ha...

The Trail of Tears