There is no better education than
first-hand experience and Cherokee Nation’s Remember the Removal Ride program
is one of the most successful educational programs we have.
Each summer a group of young
people from Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in
Cherokee, North Carolina, team up and retrace on bicycle the Trail of Tears,
our ancestors’ removal route from our homelands in the east to modern-day
Oklahoma. This is a significant year, as we commemorate the 180th anniversary
of the Trail of Tears.
This...