The Cherokee

In 1830, U.S. troops removed nearly 17,000 Cherokee from their homes in the southeastern United States. Many were forced to move to Oklahoma in a journey called the "Trail of Tears." Learn more in The Cherokee, one of the titles in the American Indian Art and Culture series. This series recounts the history of America's indigenous peoples and how they adapted to their surroundings. Each book outlines the traditional ways of life, religious beliefs, celebrations, and artwork of each indigenous group through detailed text, sidebars, and infographics. American Indian Art and Culture is a series of AV² media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content these books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, and hands-on experiments, and more.