American History

For the first time: the Cherokee Removal, popularly known as the "Trail of Tears," as told from a primarily Cherokee perspective. Public historian W. Jeff Bishop weaves a new account of the Indian Removal, using claims filed against the U,S. government by the Cherokees soon after the event.

John Rollin Ridge or "Yellow Bird" (1827 – 1867), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. Ridge was the son of Treaty Party leader John Ridge and the grandson of Major Ridge, longtime Speaker of the Cherokee Nation.