Trail of Tears
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Maps
Map 1: Land occupied by Southeastern Tribes, 1820s.
Map 2: Cherokee Removal Routes
Readings
Reading 1: The Cherokee Nation in the 1820s
Reading 2: "You cannot remain where you now are...."
Reading 3: "Every Cherokee man, woman or child must be in motion..."
Visuals
Photo 1: Major Ridge House
Photo 2: John Ross House
Illustration 1: Artist's Conception of a Cherokee Homestead, early 1830s.
Photo 3: Rattlesnake Springs
Photo 4: Trail Remnant on the Land Route
Tocqueville's Letter Dec. 25, 1830
Extra Credit Opportunties
Indian Removal Activities
Additional Resources
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Tribal Partners Websites
Cherokee Nation
New Echota State Historic Site
Chief Vann House Historic Site
Library of Congress: Indian Land Cessions
Indian Affair Laws and Treaties
Digital Library of Georgia
Tribal Preservations Program
National Museum of the American Indian
MapsReadingsVisualsExtra Credit OpportuntiesAdditional Resources