trail of tears, 1838-1839

Describes the events and U.S. policies surrounding the Trail of Tears, during which thousands of Cherokee were forced to move west of the Mississippi, and examines this period's legacy for the Cherokee and for American society.

The love story of a young Cherokee Indian couple who are separated during the Trail of Tears removal from their traditional lands in North Carolina to Indian territory between 1835 and 1838.

Traces the history of the Cherokee Indians from the Ice Age through the twentieth century, focusing on their forced removal by the U.S. government from their homeland in Georgia to Oklahoma Territory in 1839.

Text and illustrations describe the Trail of Tears--the eight-hundred-mile march of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma that was forced on them by the U.S. government in 1838--the events that led to it, and its aftermath.

Discusses the Indian Removal Act which was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson in 1829 and led to the forced relocation of the Cherokee people from their land and homes in the southeastern U.S., on a march to Oklahoma that cost the lives of thousands of Native Americans.

Meli and her brother Tahlikwa escape from the Cherokee people being herded westward on the Trail of Tears, determined to return to their beloved mountain home.

Eleven-year-old Annie Rising Fawn Stuart is sent to live with her uncle, a wealthy Cherokee plantation owner in Georgia, where she befriends a young slave girl and is caught up in the tragic events surrounding the forced Indian removal in 1838.

Reviews the history of the Trail of Tears, during which the United States government forced thousands of Cherokee west of the Mississippi. Includes illustrations, a time line, quotations from historical figures, side-bars, and more.

Provides an account of the U.S. government's removal of the Cherokee people from their lands east of the Mississippi River in the 1830s, discussing the Supreme Court cases that preceded the movement west, the Trail of Tears, attempts to unite rival Cherokee tribes in the new territory, and the removal's legacy.