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The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy

Released: February 1, 2006 (2006)

Runtime: 115 minutes

Genres: Documentary, History

Explore America’s darkest period: President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838. Nearly a quarter of the Cherokee National died during the Trail of Tears, arriving in Indian Territory with few elders and even fewer children.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)