https://youtu.be/DjxE_mCBdcY Introduction I'm so grateful to be here with you all. I’ve been taking Ed Fields' Cherokee classes online—I'm working on it! Not fluent yet, but I’m trying. I have…
September 29-October 1, 2025University Plaza HotelSpringfield, MO The 28th Annual National Trail of Tears Conference & Symposium Conference Program COMING SOON Conference Schedule Download the Tentative schedule by clicking the…
https://youtu.be/nEEBGWGoqEM This message this morning, and I really appreciate doing that. Oklahoma and Chief Batton, I'm sorry, he sent a statement because he wasn't able to be here. And you…
https://youtu.be/AnTx9X9yFmw If it wasn't for Jack, I wouldn't have made it through my first few Council meetings. Jack, we were seated right beside one another, and it was always a…
https://youtu.be/Yl_obfvVKXE thank you so much, Jack. But oh and oo everyone, I'm really glad to be with you again. I'm glad that the conference is back here in the Cherokee…
https://youtu.be/DI_yfSQgsAY Hello, my name is Dancing Star Donna Courtney. I am Chickasaw. I am descended from the turtle clan, and my original enrollee was my grandfather, William Brooks Courtney. He…
https://youtu.be/FKKXQdIaBmA Jason: Good that you're all here. I'm glad to see all of you. We are going to get started. Being here at the Trail of Tears conference, I wanted…
https://youtu.be/yzHJECdiXhE Well, thank you. I don't like doing shameless plugs, so I'm glad that Jack did it for me. In January 1827, a company of United States soldiers observed near-starving…
