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Trail of Tears National Historic TrailTrees line edge of body of water, Bell detachment route and Water Route, Pularm Park, Faulkner County, Arkansas
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Celebrating Survival

Rounded up and forcibly removed to Oklahoma from their homes in the southeast, the Cherokee nevertheless survived with language and culture intact.
 
CPIMAGE:13754|Cruise ship in Glacier Bay

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Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on Trail of Tears National Historic Trail  

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Four detachments of Cherokee people were removed from their homelands to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) along water routes, while 13 detachments made their way overland along existing roads. These routes are part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

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