Friends of New Echota will mark the 175th anniversary with a memorial service featuring members of Oklahoma and remainder North Carolina Cherokees. Big thanks to Dr. Donna Myers who knows how much I love postcards!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Cherokee
A great surprise in my mailbox today, thanks to the organization Friends of New Echota. This group works to maintain the Georgia capital of the Cherokee Nation before removal to Indian Territory, my home state of Oklahoma. Sadly in 1830 the US passed the Indian Removal Act, designed to push all tribes out of the eastern half of the US and resettle everyone west of the Mississippi River. The Cherokees stalled and avoided removal for many years, although some moved on their own. The majority were forcibly removed by the government during the winter of 1838, an event known as the Trail of Tears where perhaps 1/4 of the nation died on the way.
Friends of New Echota will mark the 175th anniversary with a memorial service featuring members of Oklahoma and remainder North Carolina Cherokees. Big thanks to Dr. Donna Myers who knows how much I love postcards!
Trail of Tears (watercolor) by Mack Steele, 1977
Friends of New Echota will mark the 175th anniversary with a memorial service featuring members of Oklahoma and remainder North Carolina Cherokees. Big thanks to Dr. Donna Myers who knows how much I love postcards!
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