TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — A Vinita teen will ride by bicycle the 950-mile Trail of Tears trek taken by her ancestors on foot. Lexi Melton, 22, is one of 12 Cherokee cyclists participating in the three-week ...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Two women from Grove and Vinita are part of a 12-cyclist group to ride in Cherokee Nation’s Remember the Removal Bike Ride this June. By bicycle, the cyclists retrace the famed and ...
DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) — The Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team has arrived in Oklahoma after traveling 500 miles through Mississippi, retracing the exact path their ancestors were forced to walk ...
This summer bike riders from two Cherokee tribes are retracing the Trail of Tears. Along the way they'll learn about the forced removal of their ancestors. Cyclists from two Cherokee tribes are ...
Markers and remnants of the Trail of Tears stretch as a series of scars across the American landscape. The trail’s facilitators stand as a representation of America at her worst; its captives as a ...