Question

Why might a member of the Cherokee Nation take issue with the use of the word “relocation” to describe the Trail of Tears?

Answer 1

ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ :-

ᴡʜʏ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇʀᴏᴋᴇᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪssᴜᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ “ʀᴇʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ” ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪʟ ᴏғ ᴛᴇᴀʀs?

ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ :-

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇʀᴏᴋᴇᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴛʜᴇ "ᴛʀᴀɪʟ ᴏғ ᴛᴇᴀʀs," ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ɪᴛs ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛs. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪɢʀᴀɴᴛs ғᴀᴄᴇᴅ ʜᴜɴɢᴇʀ, ᴅɪsᴇᴀsᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxʜᴀᴜsᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ. ᴏᴠᴇʀ 4,000 ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ 15,000 ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴇʀᴏᴋᴇᴇs ᴅɪᴇᴅ.

ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ :-

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