Posted on Jun 17, 2023
Cherokee bike riders travel through Missouri to commemorate the Trail of Tears
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Each year, a group of young members of the Cherokee Tribes gets on bikes and retraces the Trail of Tears their ancestors traveled when relocated by the U.S. government almost 100 years ago. They hope to bring more understanding and acknowledgement of the tragic event.
The Trail of Tears was a government ethnic cleansing that forced displacement of five indigenous tribes from their homes in the southeastern U.S. to reservations in current-day Oklahoma from 1830 to 1850. The federal government made 60,000 people march hundreds of miles, and many died along the way.
Young members of the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians take a three-week bike ride each year, retracing their ancestors' steps. The Remember the Removal ride is currently going through southern Missouri.
The Trail of Tears was a government ethnic cleansing that forced displacement of five indigenous tribes from their homes in the southeastern U.S. to reservations in current-day Oklahoma from 1830 to 1850. The federal government made 60,000 people march hundreds of miles, and many died along the way.
Young members of the Cherokee Nation and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians take a three-week bike ride each year, retracing their ancestors' steps. The Remember the Removal ride is currently going through southern Missouri.
Cherokee bike riders travel through Missouri to commemorate the Trail of Tears
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If you are ever traveling on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Alabama there is an interesting place to stop. Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
Florence, Alabama
The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.
It is a short distance off the Trace. It is a place for quite reflection. When we stopped there we listened to Tom, the one who built this monument. He built it commemorate his ancestor who was displaced on the Trail of Tears migration to Oklahoma. Once there, she managed to make her way back home. He has the metal stamp with her assigned number in a safe deposit box. Apparently she was the only ‘documented’ one to make it back home.
Florence, Alabama
The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.
It is a short distance off the Trace. It is a place for quite reflection. When we stopped there we listened to Tom, the one who built this monument. He built it commemorate his ancestor who was displaced on the Trail of Tears migration to Oklahoma. Once there, she managed to make her way back home. He has the metal stamp with her assigned number in a safe deposit box. Apparently she was the only ‘documented’ one to make it back home.
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