Former New York Yankee Baseball star was born in Oklahoma. He lived there all his life and became aware of the many Cherokee people who lived nearby. Most of all his Oklahoma friends and family understood the tragedy of early America's forced march of the Cherokee Tribe from the eastern part of the US to the territory of Oklahoma. The Cherokee Trail of Tears was a sad note of his early years in Oklahoma.
1500 miles for the Cherokee Trail of Tears. However, that was just the most famous removal. There were many trails of tears.
This question refers to the forced march of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma. The event was so sorrowful that the late baseball icon, Mickey Mantle, a native of Oklahoma, mentions it in his autobiography. Mantles' whole life was surrounded with baseball, yet he speaks about the March of Tears in his book.
What helped the Cherokee survie on the Trail of Tears
The Native American tribes forced to move along the Trail of Tears were the Cherokee, the Chickasaw, the Seminole, Creek, and the Choctaw were the main tribes.
Yes the Cherokee's marched the Trail of Tears.
It was the Cherokee Trail of Tears. It was just the most famous of many trails of tears endured by several tribes. History books only seem to remember the Cherokee one.
The Cherokee Trail of Tears ended in North West Oklahoma.
Yes, the Trail of Tears is a very famous Trail. Anyone in Grades 5-8 learns about it.Here is the definition I found in the Text book:Trail of Tears (1838-39) an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deathsof almost 1/4 of the Cherokee population.So, yes. It's famous alright... :D
What helped the Cherokee's survive the trail of the tears was their hunt for food.
When the Cherokee were traveling on the trail of tears, lots of the Cherokee died on the way to their destination.
It was known as the "Trail of Tears" when the Cherokee nation was forced onto a reservation.
The Cherokee Nation, the Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Seminole Nation, the Creek Nation, and the Chickasaw Nation.