The statue, designed by a Native artist, is meant to each people about the painful history of ethnic cleansing and foster understanding healing for the small town of Steelville, Missouri. A group in ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The 53rd annual Trail of Tears Art Show, Oklahoma's longest-running Native American juried art show, is open to the public and has announced this year's award winners. The Trail of ...

This major novel by the Cherokee writer Diane Glancy, a companion piece to her 1996 novel Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears, provides an exploration of faith, love and loss in the ...

Almost 200 years ago, Native Americans went through Middle Tennessee on the Trail of Tears to Indian territory in Oklahoma. As Olivia Michael reported, people gathered at a Greenway in Nashville on ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Melba Checote-Eads calls it an emotional time. She was among those at the the fourth annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Walk. "I'm Muscogee Creek nation of Oklahoma," said ...

Last Thursday afternoon, Kacey Fishinghawk pedaled her Trek Domane road bike into Stilwell, Okla. The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, an ...

A local playwright is helping a new generation understand one of the most significant and heartbreaking chapters in Native American history through the power of theater. Sulli Mariah Lee, writer and ...

The images of Kosovar refugees forced from their homes broke the hearts of many Americans. The thought of ethnic cleansing was offensive. However, a quick review of American history shows how this ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The 2025 Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride will impact traffic as the ride makes its way through Huntsville on Saturday, September 20. The Huntsville Police Department’s Traffic ...

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The 32nd Annual Trail of Tears Motorcycle Ride will pass through Lauderdale County on Saturday, September 20. Florence-Lauderdale EMA officials said that the ride will ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an ...