Trail of Tears:1838-1839 16,000 people moved across the
country 4,000 died
Preamble: “we the
representatives of the people of the Cherokee Nation in convention assembled in
order to establish justice, ensure tranquility, promote our common welfareand
secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We Shall Remain a PBS Documentary http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/
Black Elk Speaks book
