John Ross was a prominent businessman and Cherokee ... first three detachments of Cherokee to be forced to travel the Trail ...

For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...

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The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...

John Ross, left, and Major Ridge teamed up to protect Cherokee holdings in what is now Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Library ...

Twelve Cherokee riders retrace the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears in a powerful act of cultural remembrance. Get to know the 2025 'Remember the Removal' team participating in this historic ...

Three stops along the Georgia section of the Trail of Tears, a National Park Service ... Ridge, his son John, and his nephew, ...