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![]() ![]() ![]() Under the administration of President Andrew Jackson in 1838, thousands of Cherokee people were relocated from Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma, an event called the Trail of Tears because of the harsh conditions and rampant disease that took the lives of over 4,000 Cherokee as they were forced to travel. Present day Oklahoma is home to large numbers of Cherokee Native Americans after the US governments’ Indian Removal efforts of the 1800s and early 1900s. ![]() Taylor Greer, the main protagonist of The Bean Trees, tries to raise Turtle, a young Cherokee girl who has been abandoned in Oklahoma. ![]()
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