175th anniversary of the end of the Trail of Tears

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation says the 175th anniversary of the end of the Trail of Tears is a cause for celebration. Several thousand Cherokee Indians died as they were forced from their homelands in the southeast into Indian Territory, beginning in 1838. Monday marks the anniversary of the arrival of the final group to present-day Oklahoma. Chief Bill John Baker says tribal members feel a sense of pride from the Trail of Tears. He says that, despite the trials and tribulations, Cherokee ancestors survived and the tribe has thrived.

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Kinda like the Jews who ended up in America because of the Holocaust. If it hadn't been for the Trail of Tears, the modern Cherokees would've been stuck down South, instead of in glorious Oklahoma.

Good and hardy people, the Cherokees. ((Is that rayciss? Oh my!!))

There's a double line of trees goes across our lands. My brother tells me that used to be one the Trail of Tears terminus.. terminuses.. termini... their road went through there.