Trail of Tears DVD
NPS Trail of Tears DVD The National Park Service is proud to present Trail of Tears, produced in collaboration with the Cherokee Nation. Trail of Tears exposes one of the darkest chapters in American history: the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from the southeast United States to a new home in the West, and the Cherokee people's determined struggle to maintain their cultural identity. The 23-minute DVD tells the story of the Trail of Tears and is available for free. To request one, contact us. Watch online: |
Did You Know?
Thousands of Cherokee people lost their lives during their forced removal from their homelands in the Southeast to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in the late 1830s. Road conditions, illness, and miserable weather conditions all took their toll on the Trail of Tears, now a National Historic Trail.