trail of tears
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Trail of Tears¹
Where it comes from
First originated from a Choctaw chief who described the displacement, quoted in the Arkansas Gazette as a "trail of tears and death". Later popularised in reference to the Cherokees, where it is called ᏅᏃᎯ ᏚᎾᏠᏱᎸᎢ (nvnohi dunatloyilvi, literally “the trail where they cried”) in the Cherokee language.
proper noun the Trail of Tears
- The route followed by American Indians moved from their homelands in the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi river by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
trail of tears²
noun trails of tears
- A forced removal of American Indian or First Nation peoples, or other alleged injustice against them, like the original Trail of Tears.
Translations
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name historical route
| Español | Sendero de lágrimas |
|---|---|
| Português | Trilha das Lágrimas, Caminho das Lágrimas |
| Français | Piste de larmes |
| Deutsch | Pfad der Tränen |
| Italiano | Sentiero delle lacrime |
| العربية | دَرْب الدُّمُوع darb ad-dumūʕ |
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