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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 19—The Trail of Tears commemorative motorcycle ride will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in north Alabama. Motorists should ...

Introduction : holy ground -- Tahlonteskee goes west and Quitewepea brings an invitation -- Jacksa Chula Harjo makes a law -- "Drunk, sober, or sick, we will move them along" -- "Under the pressure of ...

This summer bike riders from two Cherokee tribes are retracing the Trail of Tears. Along the way they'll learn about the forced removal of their ancestors. A group of cyclists from two Cherokee tribes ...

A local playwright is helping a new generation understand one of the most significant and heartbreaking chapters in Native American history through the power of theater. Sulli Mariah Lee, writer and ...

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 ...

CHEROKEE - The Trail of Tears is one of the most painful chapters in American and Cherokee history, and Western North Carolina is central to that story. It refers to the forced removal of Cherokee ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. It's November and it's unseasonably warm as John John Brown, a Muscogee elder, ...

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 ...