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=== The Term: "Trail of Tears" === | === The Term: "Trail of Tears" === | ||
The name "trail of tears" is not a reference to a specific trail or pathway. Rather it is an expression of compassion for the grief and hardship that accompanied the forced removal of Native American peoples from their homelands. | The name "trail of tears" is not a reference to a specific trail or pathway. Rather it is an expression of compassion for the grief and hardship that accompanied the forced removal of Native American peoples from their homelands. | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
In 1830, the United States Congress passed the [[American Indian Removal Records|Indian Removal Act]] of 1830". The removal (sometimes referred to as ethnic cleansing) was intended to move Native Americans of the [[Creek Indians|Creeks]], (Muscogees) [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaws]], [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokees]], [[Seminole Indians|Seminoles]], and [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]] nations from their communally owned tribal homelands in the South Eastern United States to areas that had been designated as Indian Territory in what is now eastern Oklahoma. Other smaller bands of Indians were also moved along with both Jewish and Christian Americans of European descent, slaves, and African American freedmen. Native Americans and freedmen who owned private, individually owned lands were not subject to the Removal Act. There are [[American Indian Removal Records|records]] | In 1830, the United States Congress passed the [[American Indian Removal Records|Indian Removal Act]] of 1830". The removal (sometimes referred to as ethnic cleansing) was intended to move Native Americans of the [[Creek Indians|Creeks]], (Muscogees) [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaws]], [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokees]], [[Seminole Indians|Seminoles]], and [[Choctaw Indians|Choctaw]] nations from their communally owned tribal homelands in the South Eastern United States to areas that had been designated as Indian Territory in what is now eastern Oklahoma. Other smaller bands of Indians were also moved along with both Jewish and Christian Americans of European descent, slaves, and African American freedmen. Native Americans and freedmen who owned private, individually owned lands were not subject to the Removal Act. There are [[American Indian Removal Records|records]] of the removal but it is not known exactly how many individuals died on their way to Oklahoma.<br> | ||
=== Historical === | === Historical === | ||
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