Trail of Tears, Narrated by Shana Bushyhead Condill
Shana Bushyhead Condill is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), and Executive Director of the Museum of the Cherokee People in Cherokee, North Carolina. Shana Bushyhead Condill recounts the Trail of Tears, the brutal forced removal of Indigenous peoples whose survival remains a testament to Native resilience that endures today.
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The right thing to do NOW is to nullify the removal law created by Andrew Jackson. And to declare that Native Peoples have a right to be compensated either with a financial settlement or by reclaiming areas of their ancestral land. This is America’s genocide! This is the crime upon which this USA was founded.
Thank you for this recap and for the strength shown by our Native American brothers and sisters. I weep for the cruelty shown by our government.