In a fourth grade classroom in the Pacific Northwest, a teacher and her students are reviewing one of the most infamous events in U.S. history: "The Trail of Tears," the forced resettlement of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Oklahoma--known by the Cherokee as "nu na hi du na tlo hi lu i" or the "Trail Where They Cried." After several teacher prompts, students cite the Indian Removal Act as the reason why the Cherokee were forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
