IN 1817, GENERAL Andrew Jackson invaded Florida, claimed by the Spanish empire but inhabited mostly by Seminole people. Jackson and his troops used scorched-earth tactics: destroying villages, burning ...

Early in the 19th century, while the rapidly-growing United States expanded into the lower South, white settlers faced what they considered an obstacle. This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, ...

October 9 is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day. Most Native American tribes rejected the idea of removal during the U.S. expansion westward, and they tried every strategy they could to avoid it.

When Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, it led to the forced relocation of indigenous people from their traditional homes in the United States. For the ...

“Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal” is an exhibition produced by the Cherokee Nation. On view through January 2019 on the second floor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American ...

This article is part of In Session: The Teen Vogue Lesson Plan. Find the full lesson plan here. On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law. The United States ...

President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced tens of thousands of Indigenous Peoples, including the Cherokee, from ancestral lands east of the Mississippi. The forced removal, often ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is looking to change the narrative about American Indians in classrooms, transforming how teachers are teaching history to achieve a more ...

The “History of the Indian Tribes of North America,” first published from 1837 to 1844, features biographies and portraits of Native American leaders, many of whom had been active in negotiating ...