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When the United States government ignores the treaties it signed with the Cherokee Indian tribe, their chief attempts to litigate the issue in the Georgia co...
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Watch a five-part series that explores the history and culture of Native Americans, from the Cherokee legacy to the Indian boarding school policy. Narrated by James Earl Jones and featuring celebrity voice-overs, this documentary is available on Prime Video with a 30-day free trial.
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The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy: Directed by Chip Richie. With Shane Alan Bowers, John Buttram, Robert J. Conley, Rita Coolidge. Documentary on the 1838 Cherokee removal from the southeastern United States, dubbed the "Trail of Tears."
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- After the Mayflower: In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists.
- Tecumseh's Vision: In the spring of 1805, Tenskwatawa (actor Billy Merasty, Cree First Nation), a Shawnee, fell into a trance so deep that those around him believed he had died.
- Trail of Tears: The Cherokee would call it Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu, “The Trail Where They Cried.” On May 26, 1838, federal troops forced thousands of Cherokee from their homes in the Southeastern United States, driving them toward Indian Territory in Eastern Oklahoma.
- Geronimo: In February of 1909, the indomitable Chiricahua Apache medicine man Geronimo lay on his deathbed. He summoned his nephew to his side, whispering, “I should never have surrendered.
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.
The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy is a 2006 documentary by Rich-Heape Films. It presents the history of the forcible removal and relocation of Cherokee people from southeastern states of the United States to territories west of the Mississippi River, particularly to the Indian Territory in the future Oklahoma.
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Apr 27, 2009 · We Shall Remain: Part III - Trail of Tears: Directed by Chris Eyre. With Jackson Walker, Elijah Abdullah, Thomas N. Belt, Josh Blaylock. The Cherokee would call it Nu-No-Du-Na Tlo-Hi-Lu, "The Trail Where They Cried."
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