| Resources on the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
Materials found at the Plymouth District Library
and on the World Wide Web |
Books & Video at the Library- Bealer, Alex W. Only the names remain; the Cherokees and the Trail of Tears
Youth non-fiction shelves J 970.3 B - Brill, Marlene Targ. The Trail of Tears: the Cherokee journey from home.
Youth non-fiction shelves J 970.3B - Ellis, Jerry.Walking the trail: One man's journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Adult non-fiction shelves 917.604 E - Lowe, Felix C.John Ross
Youth Biography Ross - Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court IV
Adult non-fiction shelves 348.73 L - Native American Life
Youth non-fiction Video shelves J 970.1B - Stein, R. Conrad. The story of the Trail of Tears
Youth non-fiction shelves J 970.3 S
Resources on the World Wide Web- The Removal Act, 28 May 1830 URL: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/removal.htm
Actual text of the Removal Act. - The Indian Removal Act of 1830 URL: studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
Introduction and background surrounding the Removal Act. - Indian Removal, 1814-1858 URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
From PBS, this details the people and events connected to the Indian Removal. - The Cherokee "Trail of Tears" 1838-1839. URL: http://rosecity.net/tears/
Timeline, statistics, Retracing the Trail and much more on this comprehensive site. - Trail of Tears URL: http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/trailtea.htm
Official Cherokee Nation web page account, first-hand accounts by Cherokees and military personnel and other links.
- The Trail where we cried URL: http://olsnsrv.st.schule.de/OLSN/Wissen/Englisch/History/American/cherokee.html
A brief history of the Cherokee Nation after 1790.
- Cherokee in North Georgia URL: http://ngeorgia.com/history/cherokeeindex.html
Cherokee HIstory to the Trail of Tears.
- Trail of Tears URL: http://www.choctawnation.com/history/trail_of_tears.htm
Information about the Choctaw Nation and the Trail of Tears.
- Trail of Tears (Choctaw) URL: http://www.peaknet.net/~aardvark/index2.html
"A Testimony to the Survival of Original Peoples Displaced into Exile, who overcame and flourished in a barren land."
- Native Web URL: http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/
Resources for Native American Tribes, history and culture