Photography by: Marilyn Angel Wynn of NativeStock Pictures WE SHALL REMAIN: Trail of Tears
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
"The most historically accurate, I think, of any documentaries or telling of this story that I've seen in my lifetime." Actor Wes Studi (Cherokee)
Trail of Tears explores the resolve and resilience of the Cherokee Nation, who resisted removal from their homelands in the Southeast in every way they knew: assimilating, adopting a European-style government and legal system, accepting Christianity, and even taking their case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
From director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skinwalkers) Trail of Tears, the third episode in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's five-part miniseries, WE SHALL REMAIN, premieres Monday, April 27, 2009 on PBS.
If you missed episodes one or two watch online or on the PBS World digital channel.
Every person has a story. Share yours!
“With 560 federally recognized tribes in the US, it was impossible for us to tell everyone’s story,” says WE SHALL REMAIN executive producer Sharon Grimberg.
If you have Native roots, now it’s your turn to share your experiences through WE SHALL REMAIN's Online Story Sharing tool. It allows Native people across the country to publish video, audio, or written pieces on the Web sites of public media broadcasters in their communities.
Check your local public television station website for details on the WE SHALL REMAIN Story Sharing tool, and help WE SHALL REMAIN to create a more diverse portrait of Native history and contemporary Indian life.
Coming Up Next Week
WE SHALL REMAIN: Geronimo
Monday, May 4, 2009 at 9pm on PBS (check your local listings)
Geronimo takes place at the end of the Indian Wars, near the close of the nineteenth century. Here, desperate times catapulted a controversial character to the leadership of an Apache band. To angry whites, Geronimo was an archenemy, the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties. To some Apaches, he was a stubborn troublemaker whose actions needlessly brought the enemy's wrath upon them. To his supporters, he remained the embodiment of proud resistance, leading the last Native American fighting force to surrender to the United States government.
Native Now: WE SHALL REMAIN on Public Radio
On Monday, April 27, tune in to NPR's Morning Edition a new installment from WE SHALL REMAIN's companion radio series. Hear how, in spite of the horrific suffering inflicted by theTrail of Tears, displaced tribes did survive, and some flourished. Today the Chickasaw Nation confounds the "reservation" stereotype, with good healthcare, education, a strong sense of cultural independence and a thriving economy based only partly on gaming.
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