With 20 like-minded Cherokees in the Ridge-Treaty Party, and over the objection of the Cherokee majority, the New Echota Treaty was signed, approving what became known as The Trail of Tears.

Shutterstock The Cherokee Trail of Tears In 1838-1839, the U.S. government forced about 16,000 Cherokee people to leave their ...

A new book authored by members of the Hickman County Historical Society tells a detailed history of the area’s place along ...

The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, an annual bike ride that traces the nearly 950-mile-long northern route of the Trail of Tears.

18 cyclists complete 1,000-mile journey on 'Remember the Removal' Ride, retracing the Trail of Tears. Homecoming celebration held for Oklahoma's Cherokee Nation riders.

The ride, which began in 1984, retraces the northern route of the Trail of Tears in honor of their ancestors who were forcefully removed from their homelands in the southeastern United States ...