PBS American Experience Trail of Tears – Watch Trailer!

Major Ridge, played by actor Wes Studi, and his fellow Cherokee leaders exit the Cherokee Meeting House at
New Echota Historic Site. This historically accurate replica of the Cherokee Meeting House is located in New
Echota, the capital of the Cherokee Nation almost 200 years ago.

 

“The people were herded into wooden stockades, into staging areas around the Cherokee Nation,

in what were literally cattle pens.” — Gayle Ross (Cherokee)

Click here to watch the 3 minute trailer! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/the_films/episode_3_trailer 

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David-Michael Harding is a life-long writer whose work has appeared in numerous national publications. His historical short story, “Forever Beneath the Celtic Sea,” which details the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania, was runner-up in the Southeast Regional Arts Council Awards. His novella, The Cats of Savone was the recipient of an International PEN Award. He holds a master’s degree in education, and currently works as an adjunct professor of writing and resides in Tampa, Florida. Most of his days are spent writing from the cockpit of his sailboat, Pegasus, somewhere off the Nature Coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

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