PADUCAH, KY (WSIL) — The McCracken County Public Library will host a powerful evening of history and heritage as archaeologist Christopher L. Thornock, Heritage Program Manager and Tribal Liaison at ...

Sep. 14—During the Cherokee removal in the summer of 1838 — the last tribe to be forcibly removed from east of the Mississippi River under the Indian Removal Act — thousands languished in ...

Twelve Cherokee riders retrace the Northern Route of the Trail of Tears in a powerful act of cultural remembrance. Get to know the 2025 ‘Remember the Removal’ team participating in this historic ...

ASP investigating a shooting on I-630 near Main Street that left three injured Arkansas State Police is investigating a shooting on I-630 near Main Street (Exit 1B) in Little Rock.ASP says that three ...

DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) — The Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team has arrived in Oklahoma after traveling 500 miles through Mississippi, retracing the exact path their ancestors were forced to walk ...

Last Thursday afternoon, Kacey Fishinghawk pedaled her Trek Domane road bike into Stilwell, Okla. The 23-year-old Fishinghawk, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was part of Remember the Removal, an ...

When the forced roundup of Cherokees began in May 1838, most were taken to Ross's Landing or the Cherokee Agency on the Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tennessee. The plans were to deport Cherokees by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Every year nearly ten thousand motorcyclists ride through the Trail of Tears route and 2023 marks its 30th ride through north Alabama. The event was created to honor Native ...

Citing safety concerns, Huntsville city leaders have decided to make no changes to the annual Trail of Tears route. Mayor Lorretta Spencer, Council President Glenn Watson and the Director of Public ...

After the ceremony, there will be an auto caravan tracking the Trail of Tears route in Greene County. There also will be an opportunity to retrace a short pedestrian section of the Trail of Tears ...

In 1838, the Cherokee of the American southeast, one of the Five Civilized Tribes, were forced out of their farms and towns and relocated eight hundred miles to the west, in Indian Territory. A ...