The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006)
• February 1st, 2006 • 1h 55min
Documentary, History
Overview
Explore America’s darkest period: President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838. Nearly a quarter of the Cherokee National died during the Trail of Tears, arriving in Indian Territory with few elders and even fewer children.
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