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The Trail of Tears, 1838
Discusses events leading up to the removal of the Cherokee from their homelands, hardships faced on the Trail of Tears, challenges of the new territory in Oklahoma, and the Cherokee nation today.
24 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Laura Purdie Salas
124 books164 followersLaura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 130 books for kids and teens, including WATER CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2014), A LEAF CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2012), and BOOKSPEAK! POEMS ABOUT BOOKS (Clarion, 2011). She loves to introduce kids to poetry and help them find poems they can relate to, no matter what their age, mood, and personality.
Laura is a thinker, a cupcake and brownie addict, and an adventurer (as long as it doesn't involve skydiving).
Laura is a thinker, a cupcake and brownie addict, and an adventurer (as long as it doesn't involve skydiving).
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February 8, 2021
I was getting some other books at the Roy library during this Covid-19 pandemic and I saw this one so I picked it up too. I have heard a lot of the Trail of Tears so I wanted to read it. Also, I really like Indians, American Indians. You notice I am using this term rather than Native Americans. It is because I have talked with some Native Americans and they don't call themselves that. Native American is a politically correct term used on television or in the newspaper. The ones I know call themselves Indians or just their tribe, for example, Utes or Shoshone.
This book, I am sure, pulled some punches to euphemize the harshness of the treatment of the whites, the United States government, and state governments to the Cherokee. Georgia even formed their own militia aimed to control the Cherokee.
There was bound to be conflict between the whites and the Cherokee but everything went the way of the U.S. government. It was 2000 for the white man and 0 for the Cherokee. You would think they could have made some reserves for the Cherokee in the Southern states. Also, to not assist in a nice way for the Cherokee to reach Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, was a travesty.
It is amazing the resilience of the Cherokee after 4,000 of them died on the way to Indian Territory and they still moved on setting up their own government and they have boldly and faithfully moved into the present.
I could not believe the people charged them a fee to cross their land.
This book which I got to just get an overview showed the inhumanity of the U.S. government and the white man to the Indians. We owe respect to all men in our country but the Indians deserve an added amount because of how they were treated.
This book, I am sure, pulled some punches to euphemize the harshness of the treatment of the whites, the United States government, and state governments to the Cherokee. Georgia even formed their own militia aimed to control the Cherokee.
There was bound to be conflict between the whites and the Cherokee but everything went the way of the U.S. government. It was 2000 for the white man and 0 for the Cherokee. You would think they could have made some reserves for the Cherokee in the Southern states. Also, to not assist in a nice way for the Cherokee to reach Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, was a travesty.
It is amazing the resilience of the Cherokee after 4,000 of them died on the way to Indian Territory and they still moved on setting up their own government and they have boldly and faithfully moved into the present.
I could not believe the people charged them a fee to cross their land.
This book which I got to just get an overview showed the inhumanity of the U.S. government and the white man to the Indians. We owe respect to all men in our country but the Indians deserve an added amount because of how they were treated.
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