I began thinking about all the forced migrations in America's history while reading the textbook Contemporary Human Geography. The true natives of this country were forced to migrate from the lands they knew and had adapted with, to lands that were harsh and unknown to them. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 brought about the interregional migration of the Southeast Indians. The Southeast Indians were replaced to a newly created Indian Territory known today as Oklahoma. The first tribe to be moved were the Choctaw. My husband's family is Choctaw and his family over the generations have held on to their folk culture while adjusting to popular culture.
References
Debo, Angie (1961), The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, Publishing Division of the University.
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