The Cherokee Trail of Tears Wilma Mankiller The United Keetoowah Band of

The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

These artist help preserve and perpetuate Cherokee life

Edited by Duane H

With over fifty photographs and a foreword by Bill John Baker

The Cherokee Trail of Tears Wilma Mankiller The United Keetoowah Band ofThe Cherokee Trail of Tears, the first photo essay to tell the story of the Trail of Tears, pays tribute to the seventeen Cherokee detachments that were pushed westward into Oklahoma. Award winning photographer David G. Fitzgerald traveled the trail for more than three years, photographing and documenting pertinent historic sites some of which were previously unknown as well as artifacts along the Trail of Tears. The insightful and informative text by