Provides an account of the U.S. government's removal of the Cherokee people from their lands east of the Mississippi River in the 1830s, discussing the Supreme Court cases that preceded the movement west, the Trail of Tears, attempts to unite rival Cherokee tribes in the new territory, and the removal's legacy.
Content Note
The context of Indian removal north and south -- The Cherokees and Georgia -- Cherokees and the Supreme Court -- The Treaty of New Echota and the aftermath -- On the Trail of Tears -- The price of Cherokee reunion in Indian territory -- Removal and memory.