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…
“The feet of our old people bled, our young children cried, and our horses died by the way:” The Removal of the Muscogee People to Present-day Oklahoma
Christopher D. Haveman is the author of Rivers of Sand: Creek Indian Emigration, Relocation, and EthnicCleansing in the American South, and Bending Their Way Onward: Creek Indian Removal in Documents.…
The Trail of Tears through the Raven Creek Settlement, aka Needmore, Little Tennessee River
Lamar Marshall is Research Director for Southeast Heritage. He founded the non-profit conservation organization Wild South. His background includes 24 years in industrial engineering, land surveying, and plat production, and…
Cherokee Syllabary Bicentennial
Charlie Rhodarmer began his employment with the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in July 2000. He began working in museums in 1987 at the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University in…
River Routes
Solo explorer, naturalist, folklorist, natural sound recorder, and award-winning media host who still seeks that next great adventure. Dale started dreaming of exploring the world and the culture of people…
“White Supremacy and Indian Removal”:Why the United States Dispossessed the Cherokees in the Age of Andrew Jackson
Claudio Saunt is Richard B. Russell Professor in American History and Co-Director of the Center for Virtual History at the University of Georgia. He is the author of four books,…
THE FORT CASS EMIGRATING DEPOT
This study examines documentary and archaeological evidence of physical facilities that constituted the “Fort Cass Emigrating Depot,” the organizational and operational hub for the forcible deportation of the Cherokee Nation…