Remember the Removal

Generations after their ancestors were marched through Missouri on the Trail of Tears, Cherokee, Mvskoke, and Pawnee storytellers discover a small rural town in the Missouri Ozarks determined to honor them — and weigh what that respect means. A Cherokee Nation rider retraces the route her ancestors were forced to walk through Steelville, Missouri, and a Cherokee/Pawnee artist casts their memory in bronze. While the Trail of Tears remains a painful and devastating part of history, it is also a story of survival, perseverance, and renewal.