San Antonio College Library

Recounts the life of Chief John Ross of the Cherokees using Ross' personal papers and Cherokee archives as sources.

Studies the little known period in Sam Houston's life during the years, 1829-1833, which he spent with the Cherokees.

"This group--the tribal remnant in North Carolina that escaped removal in the 1830's--found their fortitude and resilience continually tested as the struggled with a variety of problems, including the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction, internal divisiveness, white encroachment on their lands, and a poorly defined relationship with the state and federal governments. yet despite such stresses and a selective adaptation in the face of social...

This third episode opens on May 26, 1838, when federal troops forced thousands of Cherokee from their homes in the southeastern United States, driving them toward Indian Territory in Oklahoma. More than 4,000 died of disease and starvation along the way. For years the tribe had resisted removal from their land. Cherokee leaders had established a republic with a European-style legislature and legal system. Their visionary principal chief, John Ross,...

"Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson -- war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South -- whose first major initiative as President instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. The other...