The Trail of Tears of 1830 was a series of forced relocation done by Andrew Jackson's "Indian Removal" policy. Prior to the removal , 125,000 Native Americans lived in Georgia , Tennessee , Alabama , North Carolina , and Florida occupying the land that their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. Sadly , Native Americans faced discrimination from White Americans , because Native Americans seemed to be unfamiliar , alien people who occupied land they felt they deserved. The presumed solution to this "problem" was "civilizing" Native Americans. Civilization consisted of encouraging them to converting to Christianity , learning to speak and read English , and adopting European styles of ownership.

 Following this motion , there were The Five Civilized Tribes that consisted of Choctaw , Chickasaw , Seminole , Creek , and Cherokee who embraced these customs. Unfortunately , no matter how "civilized" Native Americans were whites wanted the land and would do anything to get it. e.g. stealing livestock , burning homes and towns , and squatting on land that land that did not belong to them. Later on , cases aroused stripping Native Americans from their rights and violating their territory e.g. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia(1831) and Worcester v. Georgia(1832). Although laws were passed , they were often overlooked by President Jackson and by 1840 , tens of thousands of Native suffered from whooping cough , typhus , dysentery , cholera , and starvation or were driven off their land by the federal government.

The below items include the paper , and canvas collections of The Trail of Tears; the additional items are supporting Cherokee artifacts. 

The Map of Removal

President Andrew Jackson

The Orders No. 35 

Illustration 

The Land of Beulah (Cherokee Hymn)

The Treaty of Turkeytown

Trail of Tears Symbol

 Historical Markers

Painting

Video

Trail Marker Trees

Video

Authentic Wagon