The Trail of Tears

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…children and the elderly. These Cherokee women were forced into new roles in their society. They were no longer at the forefront of decision making, they were now nomadic, desperate people. Cherokee women have long been noted for their strength, their cultural attachments, and their will-power and the ordeals that they faced in the 19th century were very devastating, but they came out of their nightmare alive and fighting. They are great and powerful women.