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Summary: Excellent description of "Trail of Tears" events.
Comment: Raises your awareness of what happened to many Native Americans in the last century, and why and how it happened.
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Summary: Moved To Tears On The Trail
Comment: Being of Cherokee heritage, I was moved to tears as I again revisited the injustice that fell upon my ancestors. All American Native Indians are to be honored by the telling of the stories from generation to generation."Proud Cherokee"
~Marge Tindal~1999
The blood that courses through my veins
Runs true to the Cherokee.
I am the blood of my people.
I am Cherokee.
The trail that my forefathers walked,
Saturated in their tears,
The trail has become my trial
I listen with their ears.
I heard the wailing of the Cherokee
Proud of the salty tears,
I cry the tears of the Cherokee
Even after all these years.
I walk the trail that they cried,
I hear their voices frail,
I bear the blood of the Cherokee.
Damn this worthless trail.
Trail of tears of the Cherokee,
Long remembered in shame.
I cry out for the Cherokee.
I wear the Cherokee name.
Hear me loud and hear me clear,
No head hung in sorrow
For I am the proud Cherokee
Waiting for tomorrow.
I will regain what my forefathers lost.
I will stand and show my pride.
And all the spirits of the lost Cherokee
Will be standing at my side.
I am the proud Cherokee.
You'd do well to remember my name.
In the name of all Cherokee
My rights I do reclaim.
I am Cherokee<~~~~>
I am Cherokee<~~~~~>
I am Cherokee<~~~~~~>
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Summary: A trail to your own tears.
Comment: A moving history of the Eastern Native Americans up to their removal to the West. Jahoda covers most of major tribes in the East. A history that should make any American ashamed and outraged. Jahoda's writing and story telling is excellent and moves one to tears.
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