Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep's new book examines a dark chapter in American history: the Cherokee Trail of Tears and the chief who used the tools of democracy to try to protect his people.

Mines: The Ross-McDonald connection in Cherokee genealogy. January 30, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. | Updated January 30, 2021 at 12:31 a.m.

Cherokee Chief John Ross Is The Unsung Hero Of 'Jacksonland' The nation's seventh president was a man of legendary toughness who made his name in America's second war against the British — and ...