Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #178070 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

Synopsis
Discusses the American government's nineteenth-century policy of Indian removal, in which over fifty tribes were relocated from their homelands to the West, from the perspective of the Native Americans.

Customer Reviews

Excellent description of "Trail of Tears" events.
Raises your awareness of what happened to many Native Americans in the last century, and why and how it happened.

Moved To Tears On The Trail
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<~~~~~~>

A trail to your own tears.
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.