Stories of history, resilience, and hope for Native American communities.
This marks the first public announcement of our efforts to launch an annual event commemorating the historic Trail of Tears Indian relocation program of the 1830's. The Trail of Tears was a phrase coined to describe various pathways along a multi-state route walked by Native American Indians on their way to land set aside for them in Oklahoma…
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Our journey consists of many changes and transitions from an interdependent nomadic way of life to first contact to conquest to removal and relocation to reservations, treaty-making to land loss and reorganization to a resurgence of self-government through sovereignty…
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Our history is one of loss, pain and separation. Loss of land, culture and lives; pain through broken promises, deceit and scars; separation from our homeland. The forced journey started at the beginning of the 1830s removing Native Americans from millions of acres of homeland…
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Our walk and journey was inspired by Sheena, a 16-year-old girl full of passion and life. Her life changed in the blink of an eye when she was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer that took her life 6 months later. She fought a courageous battle, teaching us all some valuable lessons…
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Prior to 1830, tribal nations occupied large areas of what is now the United States. Their homelands were bountiful and worthy of admiration, and became the muse of poets like Walt Whitman, who described in poem O Pioneer, O Pioneer!; "peaks gigantic", "mountains steep", "rivers stemming"…
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