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 ...

The Trail of Tears, the forced migration of Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole tribe members, and many others, from their ancestral lands in the US Southeast to allowed territory in ...

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 ...

Morrow’s journal, along with other firsthand accounts, have been used by the Steelville Trail of Tears Remembrance Committee ...

Alex Evoy has not just taken a Trail of Tears National Historic Hildebrand Route Trail Segment into his own hands, he has also taken the history and the personal connection he holds as a native ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- With the opening of the new visitor's center at Trail of Tears Park, officials expect the number of park guests to increase. Already, nearly 350,000 people each year enjoy the park's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The 31st ...

Trail of Tears State Park, known for its tragic history as the place where many Cherokee Indians crossed the Mississippi River and lost their lives in a forced relocation, celebrated its 50th ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — A Vinita teen will ride by bicycle the 950-mile Trail of Tears trek taken by her ancestors on foot. Lexi Melton, 22, is one of 12 Cherokee cyclists participating in the three-week ...

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 ...

This summer bike riders from two Cherokee tribes are retracing the Trail of Tears. Along the way they'll learn about the forced removal of their ancestors. Cyclists from two Cherokee tribes are ...

Recently, President Trump faced backlash for a tweet which some read as making light of the Trail of Tears. He did this as an extension of his history of using the moniker “Pocahontas” to make Sen.