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On a
Spring Day A Trail of Tears Story Written & Directed by Roy Boney, Jr. Featuring the voices of Roy Boney, Gloria Boney, Sarah Henson, Hondo Kirk, Michael Blagg, & Nathaniel Hutchinson Forced removal of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States was one of the policies formulated during President Andrew Jackson's administration. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, setting in motion Jackson's removal policy. These forced removals became known as the Trail of Tears. In 1838, despite public outcry and legal challenges against the policy, the Cherokee Nation removal began. On a Spring Day is an animated short film that tells the story about one Cherokee family as the militia soldiers arrive in town to remove them from their homes. It is spoken in the Cherokee language as well as English (with subtitles). Runtime: 5 min, 3 sec. 2006 Funded by the Bay and Paul Foundations with support from the Sequoyah Research Center. |