Post by Okwes on Jan 19, 2008 17:33:59 GMT -5
Cherokees remember 'The Trail Where We Cried'
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma requires all employees to take a course on
tribal history to make sure they learn about the Trail of Tears.
In the Cherokee language, the removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma is known
as nvnadaulatsvyi, or "The Trail Where We Cried." Thousands were forced from
their homes in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. About 4,000
men, women and children died along the way.
"We always heard stories growing up,” Bobbie Gail Smith, the wife of
Cherokee Chief Chad Smith, told The Oklahoman. "You think about someone losing a
child on the trail, and you get to talking about it. ... Then you realize we
truly came out of darkness."
Chief Smith often teaches the final part of the course in order to tie the
past to the tribe's present and future. "It's easy to get angry,” he told the
paper. "But you can't live with anger and hate.”
Get the Story:
_Cherokee story has roots in sorrow _
(http://www.indianz.com/my.asp?url=http://newsok.com/article/3176475/1196681104)
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma requires all employees to take a course on
tribal history to make sure they learn about the Trail of Tears.
In the Cherokee language, the removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma is known
as nvnadaulatsvyi, or "The Trail Where We Cried." Thousands were forced from
their homes in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. About 4,000
men, women and children died along the way.
"We always heard stories growing up,” Bobbie Gail Smith, the wife of
Cherokee Chief Chad Smith, told The Oklahoman. "You think about someone losing a
child on the trail, and you get to talking about it. ... Then you realize we
truly came out of darkness."
Chief Smith often teaches the final part of the course in order to tie the
past to the tribe's present and future. "It's easy to get angry,” he told the
paper. "But you can't live with anger and hate.”
Get the Story:
_Cherokee story has roots in sorrow _
(http://www.indianz.com/my.asp?url=http://newsok.com/article/3176475/1196681104)