The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail traces Cherokee removal across nine states, with deep roots in Western North Carolina.

A plot of land in western North Carolina that served as a starting point for the notorious Trail of Tears is being handed ...

Markers and remnants of the Trail of Tears stretch as a series of scars across the American landscape. The trail’s facilitators stand as a representation of America at her worst; its captives as a ...

How some Christians warned about and mourned the Trail of Tears. May 26, 1838, was the start of what we know today as the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of 16,000 members of the Cherokee tribe ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Arkansas Chapter Trail of Tears Association hosted their annual meeting on August 16, where they also unveiled the Water Route for the Drops that Filled the River: Blood ...

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 ...

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 ...