Shirley is today's hostess and she says to pick a movie.
My DH loved westerns and I must admit, I do too! My favorite Western is/was "Trail of Tears". I love true stories and what we did to the Indians was a tragic unjustice in my honest opinion! A proud people!
The Trail of Tears refers to the US government enforced relocation of the Cherokee Native Americans from their native lands in Georgia to Tahlequah, Oklahoma. This march was a devastating and deadly one for the Cherokee Nation -- over 4,000 deaths occurred during the march and afterwards in Oklahoma. Roughly 20% of the Cherokee Nation died, either during the march or shortly afterwards, due to diseases like dysentery.
To the Cherokee Nation, this event is called the Nunna daul Isunyi, or the Trail Where We Cried. The journey was exceptionally difficult, spanning over 1,000 miles. At least 2,000 people died during the march, so cause for weeping is not hard to understand.
I realize my Chief is a Nez Perce, but I couldn't find a Cherokee. This will go to my BIL for his birthday.
That's you history lesson for the day! LOL! (But, it is an excellent movie!)
Have a good one!
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 4:59 AM
Wow! What an awesome image, Vicky. I live close to a place called Waterloo on the banks of the Tennessee River. It is where Indians were shipped off to Oklahoma and the Midwest by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. How sad!!!
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 5:48 AM
Time to watch that movie, again. My family and I teach our grandchildren about this disgraceful time in American history; it resonates with them because my husband's family have Native American ancestors, his mother being 1/4 Potawatomi, and we try to enjoy a pow wow once each year. This image is just beautiful, and you've made a gorgeous card for your brother in law.
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 6:08 AM
Oh, Vicky, first of all, this card just pops out of the gallery - it's so beautiful and touching. And second, thanks for the history lesson. We forget the tragedy of the American Indians, and I so appreciate reading about it. We have a dear friend who has helped to build a church in the Navajo Nation in the southwest, and he just loves the people - and they him. Beautifully done for today's challenge! Hugs!
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 6:35 AM
Gorgeous card! My ex-husband is part Cherokee (his great-great grandmother was a full-blood Cherokee princess), so our family is very aware of this tragic history - thanks for a reminder...
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 6:41 AM
Vicky, this is totally amazing!!!!!!!
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Fri, Dec 11, 2015 @ 8:03 AM
I love this, Vicky! My great-great grandmother was little when she & her family walked the Trail of Tears & were relocated from GA to OK & then to TX. My dad said she always refused to talk about it because it was so horrible & degrading. It's ironic that my mother's Irish family won a lot of the land they lived on from the Gold Draws held after the Cherokee were forced out. My grandfather used to always talk about stories of battles between the Cherokee & the Arapaho & tell me how close we came to being put on a reservation.