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AUTHOR: THEDA PERDUE & MICHAEL D. GREEN

IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHIFTED ITS POLICY FROM ONE OF TRYING TO ASSIMILATE AMERICAN INDIANS TO ONE OF RELOCATING THEM. THEY PROCEEDED TO FORCIBLY DRIVE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND CHEROKEES FROM THEIR HOMELANDS TO LANDS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THIS JOURNEY OF EXILE BECAME KNOWN AS THE TRAIL OF TEARS. HISTORIANS PERDUE AND GREEN REVEAL THE GOVERNMENT BETRAYALS AND DIVISIONS WITHING THE CHEROKEE NATION. FOLLOWING THE EXILE ALONG THE TRAIL OF TEARS, AND CHRONICLE THE HARDSHIP FOUND IN THE WEST. IN ITS TRAUMA AND TRAGEDY, THE CHEROKEE DIASPORA HAS COME TO REPRESENT THE IRREPARABLE INJUSTICE DONE TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE NAME OF NATION BUILDING.

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