Creating Tribes in Florida: How Autonomous Camps Became the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes | Trail of Tears Historical Marker in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

Title

Trail of Tears Historical Marker in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

Description

During the course of the 1830s and 1840s, the federal government forcibly relocated Southeastern American Indian communities—including large segments of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole Tribes––from their traditional homelands by virtue of the Indian Removal Act. This evacuation resulted in many Native American casualties, and U.S. governmental actions in this event severely challenged tribal political rights and autonomy. Today, federal, state, and local organizations have worked to commemorate this period of tragedy and resilience in Indian history.

Creator

J. Stephen Conn

Source

Creative Commons License, Flicker

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jstephenconn/6482092989/

Publisher

Flicker.com

Date

November 9, 2006

Rights

CC License. Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic

Format

Photograph