Trail of Tears

The "Trail of Tears" is a sad chapter in our US history. We forced the removal of thousands of Cherokee from their native lands in North Carolina because white settlers wanted their land. Soldiers forceably removed families and made them march from North Carolina to Oklahoma and thousands died on the way. The Cherokee Cultural Center had an excellent exhibit telling this sad story. But the Cherokee people are resilient and they thrive now in Oklahoma. There are also still Cherokee in North Carolina who hid from the soldiers and with the help of sympathetic white people were able to buy back some of their native lands. They also have a museum telling the story of the "Trail of Tears" that I was able to first learn this story. Now that I have gone to where the Cherokee were moved to in Oklahoma and have seen them thriving I have hope for their future.