Ryan Spring & Deanna Byrd – Choctaw Historic Dept.
https://youtu.be/oZw2fJNU2Y0 Before we talk about removal and the Trail of Tears, I want to make a note about our creation story for the Choctaw people. We are directly tied with…
Ryan Spring – Choctaw Nation
https://youtu.be/zazUmKy90Wk Today, we’re going to approach this a bit differently. I sent an email to someone in Detroit asking if they wanted to help with this, and they agreed. Since…
Dr. Daniel Littlefield Jr. / Director, Sequoyah National Research Center – Keynote Speaker
https://youtu.be/tdrnZreWt-A I'm pleased to be here. It's been some time since I've attended one of these meetings, and it's great to see so many familiar faces still standing and with…
Jason Burwell
https://youtu.be/wyC3_KieAR8 Okay, Hatako Kopima, Indian people. We have always been praying people. Before the Christian missionaries came to this continent, we were praying people. Back home, that's the very first…
Professor Ezra Rosser
https://youtu.be/GOqqRNgMJgc It is an honor to be here. I want to start by expressing my excitement about this invitation and to thank the organizers for it. I began working on…
A history of the Seminole people from the southeastern woodlands into Indian Territory
Jake Tiger is a citizen of the Seminole Nation. He is of the Bear Clan and the Tom Palmer band. Jake is the band chief of the Tom Palmer band.…
Treaties and Removal Exhibit
This past July, the Choctaw Cultural Center had its 2nd anniversary. The Choctaw Cultural Center is dedicated to exploring, preserving, and showcasing the culture and history of the Choctaw people.…
An adducing look at the rhetoric of the Indians Removal Act of 1830 and today’s comparatives
The spring session of the U.S. Senate and House was dominated by the debates over the IndianRemoval Act of 1830. The motivations that spawned the Trail of Tears reappears as…
The Act of Remembering: A Deep Map of Cherokee Forced Removal
Deborah Kirk is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a PhD Candidate in Geography at Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University. Deborah’s research interests lie at…