From a Navajo friend's Facebook post, I learned that today is National Trail of Tears Commemoration Day. I found this Indigenous site that gives some history. As this says, other tribes had their own trails of tears of forced removal and long walks West.
https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/a-brief-history-on-the-trail-of-tears
Here also is a site concerning the trail across Southern Illinois.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5156722.pdf
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