Ep #8: The Trail of Tears: Not one, but many | Dark History Podcast
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- Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Today, we are going to talk about the Trail of Tears. Now, this is a heavy one, but it’s a necessary one. Over two decades, the U.S. Government stole Native land and relocated about 88,000 people. About 17,000 died along the way. But this is also a story of pride and resistance, with many of these tribes surviving to tell the story today.
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Trail of Tears Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:37 TRAIL OF TEARS OVERVIEW
03:22 THE BACKGROUND
06:58 ANDREW JACKSON
10:09 THE REMOVAL & THE CHOCTAW
15:45 THE SEMINOLES, THE CREEKS, & THE CHICKASAW
22:53 THE CHEROKEE
25:40 THE SUPREME COURT
29:32 MARTIN VAN BUREN
34:56 THE DEATH MARCH
41:03 ARRIVING TO OKLAHOMA
43:56 A PAINFUL, YET PROUD LEGACY
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Dark History is an Audioboom Original.
This podcast is Executive Produced by:
Chelsea Durgin from Slash Mgmt, Bailey Sarian, and Ed Simpson from Wheelhouse DNA
Producer: Lexxi Kiven, Derrial Christon and Spencer Strasmore
Research provided by: Elizabeth Hyman & Jed Bookout
Writers: Jed Bookout, Michael Oberst, Joey Scavuzzo and me - Bailey Sarian
I'm your host ----Princess of the Dark, Bailey Sarian
Historical Consultants: Jeff Ostler (from the Universtiy of Oregon and author of Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas, published by Yale University Press in 2019), Dr. Michael Landis, Clay Jenkins, And Bradley Wagnon (author of “How The World Was Made” and “The Land of the Great Turles” available in both Cherokee & English)
Video Director: Trent Barboza and Eric Abell
Edited by: Jim Luci
Production Management: Marissa Barrrientos - Zábava
“Someone ratted on her”
“-It was my Mom”
😂😂😂
Thats cracked me up also
I just hit that part. I am screaming. But glad she did rat her out.
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Go Bailey’s mom lol
As a native american woman i want to thank you for acknowledging this part of history for my people . u rock girl xoxo
Irish here. Will always hold high repect for your people after the charity shown during the potato famine!
Racism, wipe outs of Native Americans is rarely talked about anymore. We were slaves, massacred, almost wiped out. If we weren't slaves we had to live in our own area's. Sectioned off from everyone else.
and today as im typing this, my tribes treaty lands are being violated with enbridges line 3. their pipeline is going right through our ceded lands. it crosses 227 rivers and lakes. they want it done by october 1st. if this pipeline spills, it will be an environmental crisis. it could spill into one of the biggest supplies of fresh clean water. the Mississippi river. and lake superior. theres all sorts of protests and petitions and texting lines if you just do a little hashtag search. please help us.
I'd also like to. Thank u
Yes maam.
Wouldn’t it be cool if they take him off of the bill and put a native instead
I'm in!
Still waiting for this to happen
Yes
Yeah that’s be amazing but it’s not gonna happen
Definitely. But yeah, that'll never happen....
As a Native woman, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!
PS They're currently trying to take sacred Native land to put in an "elevator" to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. They've spent 6 years and MILLIONS trying to bully the tribes into giving it up.
Also, thank you for referring to us as Native and not Indian. 🖤
Hello, I am an Indian (from India), so I dont know much about Natives from the US. So I am sorry if it seems rude or offensive but can you tell me why did you thank Bailey for referring to you as Native and not Indian?
@@srishtichoudhary259 because when Christopher Columbus landed here, he mistook these lands for India because our skin was brown. Continuing to call us Indian when we aren't from India is like saying we don't belong her in the first place. We are Native born to the America's... therefore we prefer being called Native. 🖤 We just have our own identity and it's nice for that to be recognized.
Disgraceful. If you need an elevator, you don't belong at the bottom of the canyon.
@@OhSnapAGirl I read the other day that they have stopped that project for now, but that doesn't mean they've given up. 🖤
@@asholesmith2014 I have very little Native blood, but I absolutely believe that the Native lands should be left alone. It's called Sacred Lands for a reason. Let's go into a few churches and start digging up their ancestors and destroying their lands. See how they like it. Mother Earth is only gifting us with so much, we can NOT keep destroying her.
“You built your fathers house, over my mother’s grave.” Native Blood by Silent Planet.
That’s deep ❤️
So simple, but cuts like a knife. Brutal truth
A huge F. U to Jackson would be to remove him from the $20 bill and replace him with a native american leader.
I mean, they aren't going to.
They were going to replace him with Harriet Tubman, but you already know...
I think us as Americans should petition this, but we also probably would have to remove everyone off our money
They cancel everything else these days why not petition to remove this tool?!
They were talking about putting Harriet Tubman on the $20.
I can’t even imagine being Native American and sitting in class listening to a version of history that’s complete b.s ! Thank you Bailey for telling this part of history.
Yea it was horrible especially when you have some ancestors who were already here and other brought here.
If you talk back about how bad it actually was you just get kicked out of class 😢 based on personal experience
It’s disgusting and hard to sit through. I was very fortunate that I had caring history teachers.
Im so sorry that happened to so many of you. I don’t think there’s enough that this country can do to fix it but I think changing the way history is told is definitely the minimum that needs to be done. We need more videos like this.
Maybe we should quit teaching all history?
As a Native American I want to thank you so much for covering this in such a respectful, truthful way. Unfortunately a lot of people still don't fully realize the horrors that the Native American people faced. They also don't realize that a lot of Native people still live in horrible conditions.
How can we as a general public help?? What can an individual do to help change their situation? We want to help. Just tell us how.
I am from CT and grew up seeing how the casinos there thrived (no idea how the actual tribes were doing though) but then I went S Dakota to volunteer on the Oglala Lakota's res Pine Ridge and saw the truth. I knew how bad it had been, even read a lot of Bury My Heart on Wounded Knee but stopped because i was in tears every day on my lunch breakat work. And i worked retail so then had to go out on the sales floor and at least pretend to be chipper. Anyways, I wasn't expecting things to continue to be happening. I was left mentally screaming, haven't we learned from out past? Aren't we supposed to know better, and do better?!? Apparently not. Or at least not enough people. Myself included, because what have I done since then? Donated a little to Red Cloud school, but I know that was a temporary bandaid and not a solution.
Sorry. I ment to say just a sentence or two but my fingers just kept on going...
The horrors started from the first settlements. My Mayflower ancestors hadn’t even landed at Plymouth (as they called it) when they stole winter corn stores from the Massasoit. The second generation would be involved in selling POWs from King Phillip’s War as slaves to Caribbean sugar plantations. King Phillip’s War started because my ancestors were greedy and kept forcing the Natives to sell them more and more land. Eventually, the Natives realized us whites would take everything from them. The Natives had no choice but to fight.
I cried for three days in high school when I found out what they did to you all. I'm 62 now and still feel ashamed of being white. I'm so so sorry for all the suffering and the way it is now also. I wish I could change it
@@nancarter5474 research how to help.
Another thing that isn't discussed with the forced relocations is that they were often moved to an area with a completely different climate. For example, the Kiowa were moved from Montana to Western Oklahoma, and the Cherokee from lush Georgia to the desert of southwest Oklahoma. This meant that generations of survival knowledge were now useless
to add, this was *on purpose*....
POV; youre 33 and learning more about American history from a CZcams Makeup artist than you learned in history class growing up in the US. Thank you Bailey for talking about these important topics.
Common knowledge if over 40
OOOKKKKAAAAYYYY! She's a boss right?
@@dearycreekdorpers5228 yeah I'm in my 50s and was taught how bad natives and others were treated. I wonder when they quit teaching it or when they started sugar coating it? If you erase history you're likely to repeat it. It blows my mind how young people weren't taught the evils of the past.
@@researchplease we were taught; just not to this extent
@@researchplease When I was in high school the history books didn't cover a lot of the dark parts of American History and they lightened up the dark parts they did cover. I recall there being a paragraph with a few sentences about the Trail of Tears and that was it. My history teacher said he thought it was important for us to know about it even though it wasn't part of the curriculum so he taught us from his own research. Out history books were very patriotic and not really honest. I'm 36.
As an indigenous person I’m so happy that we are getting recognition & other people from different backgrounds are acknowledging what has happened in the past that our ancestors had to endure. Thank you Bailey ❤️
@Seventy Seconds to Midnight that’s the white mans history, the victor always tells the story. There are 2 sides to every story so I suggest you keep your mouth closed 🥱
@Seventy Seconds to Midnight I’m not part of the five civilized tribes but go off lol 😂 there are over 500 tribes and you’re talking about the few that walked on the trail of tears. You know nothing you speak of obviously 😂😂🥱
It's absurd that there needs to be a channel like this. "Dark history" should have been covered in history 9. It's not too violent to teach to teens. It would be more violent not to. Thanks for what you do Bailey.
Oooooo man love america. History and have a college professor tell you about it, tho he was patriotic he did not hold back on dark history from the past because sugar coating doesnt help us grow away from the bad tenancies we had
Yeah the history books from my school years 85-98 the trail of tears was a foot note mostly. Touched on by saying " The American Indian people refer to being moved west as The Trail of Tears". My great grandmother on my mom's side was a full blooded Cherokee Indian. She spoke little English and my grandfather, her son, told me about her. I have the classic cheekbones of the Cherokee and though not in any tribe or know what tribe she came from, I was to little to remember, but I take pride in having the blood of natives. It shows in me like my grandfather, saying that we love the land and have a green thumb, is like saying that mountains are soft.
Thank you for speaking out for everyone, every race, every culture without fear or holding back
I think they’re starting to teach it now
I was taught about it in 5th grade, in Meridian Idaho, in 2009. Mrs. Paul, if you ever see this, you're a real one.
And it *is* violent. As a citizen of Catawba Nation, HS might have been even worse than when I was younger re: American History. And I know it hasn’t changed as two of my mentees were asked to debate FOR THE REMOVAL OF TRIBES as a “Socratic method”. They were the only Catawbas in their class. If educators and other non-Natives just took the simple step of *realizing* they don’t know anything about us, we’d be in a much better position.
“ someone ratted on her.. it was my mom” I love that😂
Loved that part.
That was great
My teen son was walking by and started laughing, he’s like, “haha, Nice!”
GO MOM!!! 👍🏼 ❤️
As a member of the Cherokee tribe thank you for talking about this. So many people do not fully understand how brutally Native American people were treated. We were almost wiped off the face of the earth. It is the largest genocide in recent history, yet we are not even taught that. This is one of the reasons why “holidays” like Columbus Day and thanksgiving need to end.
Can you remember in the Addams family film where Wednesday Addams is supposed to be ‘Pocahontas’ and the show they were in was supposed to be “cute” but she turned it round to show that Thanksgiving is a rememberance of indiginous peoples being slaughtered and pushed aside. That always sticks in my mind.
Agreed. And yet, when I was in school, Native American history was so little and so whitewashed, I didn’t know how bad I was until I learned it as an adult! We certainly learned about the Holocaust, because the Americans fought to stop it. But crickets when the Native American genocide comes up! And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. So many others have been abused, exploited and denied basic human rights throughout our history. It’s sickening.
I teach US History, and I talk a lot about what really happened to Native Americans. The US history book starts with 3 pages of life before Columbus, and over a thousand pages of history since Columbus.
Agreed! Some random man railed at me online because I was trying to explain why the Christopher Columbus statue in Ohio was taken down by listing how he and his men brutalized the Taino people and it was mind-boggling how someone could defend that! History needs to be remembered in its entirety but Chris C doesn't need a holiday for that to happen.
I agree that native Americans went through atrocities that no other people on the face of the earth have gone through, to have an entire continent replaced with another culture is something that hasn't happened to any other group of people. Not even close
BUT.................
If the europeans didnt, some other developed country eventually would have. Ghenghis Khan, Shaka Zula, Atilla the Han, Osman Gazi, The fuken Aztecs.
Go read about the Japanese in WW2 and see what they did to Nanking, China and the Phillippins. If Westerners didnt get Hawaii in the 1890s, the Japanese would have taken it by by the 1920s..
History was barbaric but compare the modern world to the people in history back than? you might as well be comparing us to aliens
You should do a Dark History on the Japanese Concentration camps in San Francisco on Angel Island. Growing up in the Bay Area, I was lucky enough to have a teacher brazen enough to teach us about it.
I would like to hear about it.
Whattttt???????? I’m about to look this up
Also the camp in my home state of Arkansas. Which is actually the camp that George Takei and his family were imprisoned at when he was a kid. And honestly it's horrifying that that was so RECENT. Also I think Mr. Takei has written at least one book about it? He's written about it, for sure.
Anyway yes I agree I would love an episode on the Japanese internment camps.
She just made a video about it
@@marissa.b5553 I know. I watched it already. 😊
I’m from the UK and didn’t get taught about any of this in school, I remember finding out about the truth behind Christopher Columbus from CZcams as a teen and being shocked that it had always been glossed over! Thank you so much Bailey for covering this and educating people like myself!
Christopher Columbus was even censored in his own time. A lot of the people keeping records during Columbus time were WITH Columbus so they were biased but yes even in his time he was considered pretty bad.
not sure of your age but im from uk (Birmingham). im 32 and American history was apart of my gcses. along with irish history and a hostory of medicine
i specifically remember learning of the history of how the native Americans were mistreated
@@Panda27289 I’m 21 and went to school in Milton Keynes! We learnt about the civil rights movement and war on terrorism at gcse so nothing was covered about the native Americans unfortunately.
Columbus was punished and still, this was the 15th Century. The trail of tears happened three centuries later, at the time of the Declaration of Human Rights.
As a member of the Cherokee Nation I appreciate you telling our history in your podcast, Bailey. As we say in Cherokee, Wado.( Thank you)
Always supporting you from Egypt (and Canada to a less degree). Wishing you nothing but the best of success, health and wealth in the future. Hope everyone can know about these stories!
I was always fascinated by the original nations. I feel a strong connection. I live in the Philippines and we were also colonized. 🙏🏼 MUCH RESPECT!
Right to Bthe B by the zero ehhvfegfb
Osiyo!
@@OhShanna Siyo
I am Native American. My husband is Cherokee and Choctaw, his tribe, The Four Winds Tribe, is from Louisiana. You can remove the Indians from their land but you can't take their spirit. Do a DNA test, almost everyone will have "a little" Native American Indian in that DNA. All Andrew Jackson did was enlarge the Indian nation. "We are the people" belongs to all races, colors, religions and peoples.
This is a beautiful statement
And a true statement. All my life I was told I had Blackfoot In me. According to my DNA, I do! Loving my ancestors!
That’s Afro baby not Indian you are just like us except more mixed because of the settlers reproducing with the natives I am black and my family always been here they didn’t come from Africa another lie the US kept not all blacks came here only 10-15% was brought here from Africa meaning we were already here and everyone like it’s proven til this day
Wish i had the "native American" DNA in my blood but.. I don't 😩
Your statement is beautiful!
My great grandma was full blooded Blackfoot.
We need a shirt... new shirt!
It just says "Andrew 'Bathsalts' Jackson".
No other context. No images. Just really nice lettering. Just for us.
I have a cricuit! I might do this!
I think it should be in like American Horror Story font or something creepy lol since he was such a nightmare of “human”!!
As soon as she said it I immediately thought, " I need to put that on a shirt." Great minds!
I’d buy it!!!! 🛍
@@prty_ltl_frkshw I actually did it, wish I could share!
I’m from Oklahoma and this is the most in-depth telling of the Trail Of Tears I have ever heard by FAR.
My third great grandmother was two years old when she walked the Trail Of Tears. Thank you so much for covering this.
It makes it so much more real when your personal connection is so close to you. I'm always astonished by the fact that for the first 5 years of her life, my mother-in-law was not considered to be a person under the law. She was property, as were all females.🤯
My great-grandma Tress and her sister Irene were the only surviving members of their family and they were babies.
@@shawnsisler3743 :'( T_T
I hate how so many people try to make an argument against retribution type actions by saying stuff like "it was so long ago so it's not relevant" "it's just a part of dark history of this country" or whatever. Like please.. your country is really young and this stuff was happening not even 200 year ago. What is the problem with the leaders in America that seem to make an effort to disrespect and hurt it's people?
It’s crazy to think how recent this was.
So tragic what those tribes endured. As an irish woman I never learned much about the Native Americans struggles but Ireland has a strong love and respect for the Chocktaw Nation. Shortly after they arrived in Oklahoma they heard of what was happening in Ireland at the same time, the famine and the people being driven from their homes by the colonizers. The Chocktaw Nation, dispite the terrible position they were in themselves, collected money and sent it to Ireland to help our people. Their kindness and generosity to a distant people was incredible. There will always be a bond between our nations and almost 175 years later I thank them with all my heart.
That is awesome and amazing. Thank you so much for this comment! I learned so much from the podcast and the comments. 💚
This wasn’t taught in school either! Thank you for the information! My husband is proudly part of the Choctaw tribe.
@@donnajohnson1792 There is a stunning monument to the Chocktaw people in Middleton Co. Cork called Kindred Spirits if you would like to google it to show your husband. Let him know how loved his people are by a small nation so far away ❤
@@TrudyLennon Thank you so much love! I’ll google it and send it to him at work! I hope you have an amazing day today!💜
@@donnajohnson1792 and you, today and all days ❤
As a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe, thank you for covering this. It's so hard to sit in class and hear people spin false representations of my people and what really happened. My ancestors did their best to survive, and I'm proud they persisted.
Nobody:
Bailey: “Us white people, we’re shady .”
-reason 1,000,000,000 that Bailey will ALWAYS be invited to the cookout.
Right , I love her, she owns and recognize and acknowledges the minorities struggles and owns it.
Not all of “us” were. 🤦♀️
@@nikkiraewhite hush.
Yeah it’s funny she says that like she not also shady af, like she’s not profiting off of other peoples trauma and then not donating a single cent of it.
@@jaxd3070 if you don’t like her, why are you here? and you realize you watching this video or clicking on it and giving it a view paid her as well
Bailey: Knock, Knock
No one: 👀
Bailey: Andrew “Bathsalts” Jackson
She is just hilarious 🤣
I die every time I calls him that 😂
Kills me every time she mentions his bath salts 🤣
💀💀💀💀
Did Andrew Jackson enjoy salts??
As a member of the Choctaw tribe, I am so happy that you talked about this. But not all of us went to Oklahoma, many of us went into hiding. Now we are a federal recognized tribe with our own government and are thriving.
Umm
My
This information made me so happy. I'm so happy your tribe is thriving 💛
Choctaw Nation is their own Sovereign Nation now. We are also buying up land all over the reservation. My Great-Great Grandfather, Captain John Anderson, was a captain that helped the white man fight their wars, then led his people to Oklahoma. My grandmother taught me the Choctaw history and told me all my life to never believe or trust the whites history. And now it’ll be family history I will pass on to my Little Owl, and future grandchildren.
so happy to hear that
I am very happy people are recognizing that our Native American history happened..
I'm Indigenous, Plains Cree from Canada. It means alot to me to have stories and our history shared, and I appreciate the respect and sensitivity you have given while sharing this ❤
Hello my Cree sister!!! :)
As a native American, I thank you for raising awareness to this. The fact you recognize how strong our people are, brought tears to my eyes. Natives know and understand how painful other indigenous people feel during events they have endured in other happenings over time, and I encourage you to look into boarding schools, people think it was in the "historic times" but it wasn't, my mom and grandmother and aunts were all survivors and I'm 33 years old and so many people have no idea this was happening in the United States and Canada 🙏❤ Ty sooo much for this video I love you for your realness and attitude 🙌😊
Kinda a slap in the face when Andrew’s still on the 20 dollar bill and the audacity the government “apologized”?!
He’s not supposed to be. Harriet Tubman was supposed to replace him on it in 2016, but Tr*mp blocked it.
We should petition to have him removed from it
@@OrangeCat1992 They should put someone else on it not Harriet Tubman either
@@crystalvaldez7543 y
@@crystalvaldez7543 I can’t think of a legitimate reason why she shouldn’t be. You better come with some facts to back up your opinion.
You need to create a shirt that says "I'm laughing because it's uncomfortable"....I'd buy every color
yesss
YES!!!
Yes please!
She said it exactly when I read your comment I’m weirded out now
Omgosh I would totally wear that!!
As a Native American Woman, I thank you for having this as one of your episodes. I agree that our history that is taught in school has been white washed, and they need to teach the truth with all the "horror", maybe not to the elementary school children, but certainly the Middle and High Schoolers. Again, thank you
I love how Bailey calls them the colonizers, makes me very happy
@Seventy Seconds to Midnight Colonizers, by definition, should be from an established nation where a political power send some of their citizen to land and establish political control over the place, including it's people...
The indigenous or the natives were either originated from the land or have migrate to the territory they claim without following any political commands.
Big Difference~
facts.
I'm "officially" from Spain and I call ourselves colonizers. Sad part? Some people take it with pride. Shameful.
THIS‼️ is what kids should be learning in school raw history, not some sugar coated nonsense
100% TRUE FACT
It got worse un Texas, they banned learning about MLK JR and Cesar Chavez basically black history and Hispanic history
@@aep3922 ARE U SERIOUS???
@@rockyraquel3024 yes, unfortunately. We have a lot of ignorant people here that think teaching the REAL history will be teaching our kids nothing but racism. They can't handle their kids being taught what their colonizer ancestors did to the natives.
@@aep3922 THAT IS DISGUSTING
This comes out conveniently after I got “let go” from my county government job the week after speaking up about the whitewashing of Native History in a class I was required to take. I’m a Cherokee citizen, thank you for covering this. 🙌🏻
Hopefully you are able to report them to the EEOC!
I’m really sorry to hear about that
🙌🙌🙌so sorry love
@@branditaylor2061 I did do that!
I remember making a teacher uncomfortable in high school, 'wait, we stole it?" Stuttering and we don't have time to dive into this....sigh
You should do one about “the long walk” or “navajo code talkers” there’s some native history that is being erased and forgotten. Thank you for researching and spreading some knowledge! You’re humor is great and your story telling kept me interested!
There is a great movie about the wind talkers, I think Nicholas Cage is in it.
Ooooo yes yes yes! This 100%!
I worked with a man who was Navajo. I totally loved working with him. He was a kind man. And when I was told that he passed, I cried.
our ancestors survive so we can be here ✊🏽, such a sad history that nobody wants to talk about! thank you bailey for shedding some light on this topic 🧡
As a seminole, creek and Cherokee woman this story makes my heart so sad & hurts every time I hear this story. However, you brought these horrible events to light and educated people who may not know the true events. You’re the best girl 💛
You are really apart of all 3 tribes%%%? 🥺😮
@@iMsOiNsO Yes I am!
Hey seminole fam... from Florida. Do u have a clan? Or do u kno any of ur fam from down here?
@@harmonys6042 I’m related to the Bowers & the Osceolas! I’m Alligator clan 💙
@@AddisynChambers14 Das wuts up❣ I'm Big Town clan (I'm nt an animal) 😄 but we're related to Otter clan. Its cool to meet other natives frm other tribes especially.
As a registered Choctaw native, thank you for this. People need to know the truth.
My son is a member of the Choctaw Nation as well 😁
Aho sister.
Especially now since they want to take out and white wash history in schools, eventhough I didn't learn any of this in school.
My grandmother was Choctaw Indian. Of all her kids my dad favored her. He was proud of his heritage. There are still many Choctaw in Mississippi. Thanks for making this video.
I'm forever grateful to your descendents for sending help to the Irish in the famine when they were going through their own struggles love from Ireland to the Choctaw 🙏💖🍀
A'ho, I'm descended from a Mississippi Choctaw who married a Scottish man to stay in Mississippi. My father was a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Also had a Cherokee ancestor who was removed and again, married another Scottish man to stay in Georgia, still ended up in Oklahoma.
@@michellefletcher1201 I need to know about this. I've never heard anything about it.
@@JenAmazed42 Yeh Google it I only recently heard of it too very kind hearted people who were going through their own struggles at the time while the Irish were starving to death I think they could relate to us because of the English taking over our land too .It's a great story we were never taught in history class seems to be a lot of relevant things left out of history classes all over the world .👍💖🍀
My great great uncle is Ned Christie the last Cherokee warrior who walked the trail of tears. It was cool of you to share our history!
I am 60 years old. I remember my mother, who is descendant of the Coshatta LA tribe, talking about the trail of tears with her grandmother, who was living on tribal land in a 1 room hand built house. As a child we visited my great grandma and i was so afraid of her because she killed a chicken for dinner with her bare hands. My mother had the book Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, in which she underlined and annotated things that her grandmother had told her. I still have that book. The American government has NEVER been for anyone but the rich white population. And here we are today still trying to prevent the truth from being taught to youth because iT HuRts tHeir FeeLings. We have learned NOTHING!
GODS forbid you hurt a White Mans fe fe's! They are so thinned skin they might bled to death! I am tired of this Country lying to us, generation after generation. If they think it is justifiable enough to be DONE then it is justifiable enough to be taught to children too!
I'm white, but I've always loved history and I've noticed in school that they leave out so many important, unjustifiable things that have happened and focus on people like Andrew Jackson, who they paint out to be a hero but we know from Bailey's Dark History podcasts that that is NOT THE CASE
So glad you have that! You should publish it! (Coltraneandrain)
@@melc5074 oh how i wish!
Living in Oklahoma my whole life, I learned about this in school, but they didn’t go into much detail in the history books. Bailey just taught me more about the trail of tears in 51 minutes and four seconds then an entire year of Oklahoma history did.
Im in Oklahoma too. I agree. Also you should look up the trail of death. Never even heard about it until I looked into my own tribe which is Potawatomi
I've been searching for this comment! Same here, learned it Freshmen year high school but not in too much detail.
Same. Okie here and yes they water down the teachings of everything
I visited part of the trail of tears in Arkansas and I learned more there than I did in school!!
Oklahoma here as well… did we really expect an in-depth explanation from whatever football coach we had for class ? Thankfully we have so many cultural centers here now. The CPN has an amazing one in Shawnee, the Chickasaw Nation has a beautiful campus in Sulphur & all things Cherokee are in/around Tahlequah (including a Cherokee immersion school!) just to suggest a few. If you haven’t checked these out & want more information, these are great places to visit.
As a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, it makes me so happy to see my favorite CZcamsr tell the truth about what my ancestors endured. Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
Bailey, the college History Professors should probably take notes. Not a lot of people like History, but you... You can literally talk about 💩 and make it interesting.
I agree. Maybe then a lot of folks would find history less boring &/or useless. History is one of our most important subjects...yet it is taught like it means nothing but dates and names to be memorized short term and forgotten.
forrr reallss
As a native American, it makes me happy to hear more about the history of my people even though it's a sad story. I was never taught about my tribe and history and I'm ashamed and saddened to not know.
Please don't feel ashamed. I think I can speak for most of us in that we learned something new today about this horrific time.
Knowledge is power. Keep learning. ❤
I can relate. Dont be ashamed, I am just now at the age of 25 learning the sad history of my tribe and the awful experiences my father and grandfather had to experience. Hopefully we can start having the real history more widely known.
Right..black america feels that way. White america will never let all our history and the effects of the slavery and what is our history as it's related to that real history
I'm Chippewa Cree. I, too, did not know my own history. I grew up knowing I was native. Others would speak Spanish to me; it was quite embarrassing when I couldn't understand them. When I have told others when I was a kid that I was native, those kids did not believe me. Months ago, me being an adult fortunately, I don't know how I would have handled it if I was a kid, I was told that if my people wanted their own land, my people and I needed to go live on a reservation base. It was by some hard-headed white person. I was so upset I didn't even say anything, except that I needed to go pack my bags and move there. He looks so surprised that he was talking to a native person. I don't generally deal with ignorant people, but because he was my husband's friend I coped with his ignorant friend. I did tell my husband that I did not appreciate his friend and what he had said.
I literally just learned more about The Trail Of Tears with Bailey than I did in actual history class when I was in school. Bailey makes a great history teacher 👏👏👏
Right! My tribe came to Oklahoma from the trail of death. There's no coverage on that one like at all!
Thanks for this video, I (native American. Born on the res, moved away to get a better education) had to sit in class...listening to how "bad" natives are. I even had to make a California missionary in 4th grade or I would fail.
I made to write an essay on the pros of these missionaries.
Was great to be native growing up in the 90s, listening to this history on America. My mom did go to the school to put a stop to it. But no one listened. I failed 4th grade due to this. :/
I am happy someone looked into the history of natives. 😊🙃
Bailey: “do it the way I do it or get out”
Me to me: Sounds a lot like nowadays “speak English or go home” tell me 🙄 history 👏repeats👏 itself👏
History doesn't repeat itself exactly, but it always seems to rhyme.
We need to learn from past mistakes-we need the truth and seems we have not learned so far. Not even close, but Bailey shows it's got to start with truth- thanks so much for this great video.
The irony of "speak English"..... Which is not the original language.
Entitled Karen's that say that, should be reminded that they also need to go home
SUPER important topic, especially with the horror of the residential schools finally being talked about. Thank you for speaking uncomfortable truths. So much respect.
@Ashley that part. All of that part!!
"Particular people" as in white people? Because none of the white people currently on this earth contributed to stealing of land, slavery, none of the things that happened many, many years ago. And I would strongly disagree that people of color or hispanics are "shushed & overlooked." It sounds like you're following along in the trend of let's hate white people. Now if you or a person of color was directly effected by slavery, I could understand the hate. But I can guarantee that not you nor anybody you know has been directly effected by any of these things you claim to hate white people for. It's disgusting.
@Ashley Preach 💯!!
@@mrslevert you're deliberately missing the point. The truth of the history has absolutely been shushed, overlooked, reworded and omitted. The fact is that you're right. Nobody alive did these things, but we're done pretending that they never happened. It's time to learn and spread the truth. In its entirety. It's the cherry picking of facts and the glossing over of heinous acts that's stunting the growth of millions. POC and white people alike can grow together by learning, facing and resolving not to recreate the terrible truth of our collective history. But if all you hear is an attack or something to argue, we will get nowhere. Listen to understand, not to respond.
@@mrslevert also? I'm a "white people" so don't even jump up on THAT soap box.
"Andrew Bath-Salts Jackson"
Spills water everywhere in laughter
I replayed that part 3 times to see if I really heard what I thought I heard
@@breannedugan6016 Bailey called him that in her podcast about him. Highly suggest watching that one. She put up a photo of Jackson as an old man and said he looks like he took bath salts. He has now and forever known as Andrew "Bath Salts" Jackson. 😂😂😂😂😂
My grandmother being Cherokee we were told about the Trail of Tears. So glad you did this story.
I am a full blooded indigenous/aboriginal woman from Wikwemikong First Nations and I applaud u on bringing this to light!! I’ve always been a very proud soul being here today because of my ancestors! After all the pain & trauma endured in our bloodlines and I stand here today!
As a indigenous woman(Mescalero Apache), I'm immensely happy that you are addressing my people's history. It hurts my heart to hear what's happened back then to my people. I love watching your videos,Bailey ❤
“Andrew’s like hold my beer, and my bath salts.” 😂😂😂😂
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That guy is slimier than Slimer from Ghostbusters
I am a Native American lady and Bailey I thank you from all Natives for covering this further. Not many people are taught this in school and not many know what all Native Americans have gone through. I Love YOU!!
I loved that you covered this! I focused my masters on Native American histories in high schools, and spend extra time in my high school classroom to make sure that my students know about this (a lot of students in Oklahoma don't even know what the words Okla homa mean). I love the dark history series and am so grateful that you covered the Trail of Tears.
Let us not forget how the Trail of Tears ended - with the Dawes Act (1887) - this again broke up Indigenous lands in Oklahoma into 80 and 160 acre plots of lands, forcing tribes to abandon their way of life and then sold the rest of the land to settlers, leading the way to the Land Runs (the largest in 1889). The money from the sale of the lands were suppose to go back to the Tribes to pay for things like farm equipment and homes. Many of the 59 Tribes that were moved to Indian Territory never received any more money from the Government, and many are still plagued with poverty. The Dawes Act went a step further and set up Indian Boarding Schools in Oklahoma with the goal of 'assimilating' children into American society (i.e. forcibly removing Indigenous culture from children to the point where children didn't know their native language and couldn't communicate with their parents).
As an indigenous person I just want to say thank you so much for bringing light to our struggles and informing everyone about the dark history we have gone through. 🤍🖤
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This needs to talked about more to the younger kids! The amount of things that have been erased from our history is ridiculous.
Agree!
As a homeschooling mama, we watch these every single Thursday! I truly hope she continues these. We love them so much!
I don't even think they teach history or much anymore.
The super tiny town I come from still doesn’t even recognize the reservation that has the town’s address as part of their census. But they’re sure to highlight the “diversity” of the population that attends the school, workforce, etc. 🙄
@Charlotte M Girl, what??
I'm half Comanche and I just want to say thank you to you Bailey. There's so much buried in this countries history that people will NEVER know without people like you! You're BRAVE and AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL too!!! Total package!💪💖
What an excellent and accessible way to present the history people haven't been taught at school, but should have been.
It’s crazy how much the American school system brushes almost all of history under the rug. Thanks Bailey for all of your time and energy put into these videos; you’re amazing!
@Still Sidda maybe briefly, but not in thorough detail.
Yeah... USA schooling really is so biased and has a lot of propaganda too. Yikes it's really bad.
Probably brushing past it to avoid triggering the snowflakes of society haha it’s the same with the Scottish education system
We spent a whole week kn the trail of tears but that was in 1980. 😒
Seriously! I don’t remember this at all. I’m homeschooling my daughter and these podcasts are so helpful to help teach her the actual history
As a Native American woman, and someone that has all 5 civilized tribes in her, thank you so much for speaking on this topic, to be able to hear you educate others that don’t really know what had happened, thank you so much! ♥️
Born and raised in Oklahoma and we def learned all about this. I’m sad to see some didn’t. Not as colorfully as you have taught it of course, but it is a big deal here. We even had a day in school dedicated to this where they *tried* to demonstrate what that must have been like where we got to go outside and watch a play type situation lol. Love you Bailey fr fr!!
Navajo tribe went through something similar. We called it “The Long Walk” it’s sad all around. This was just the beginning to what the government did to our ppl.
This is incredible. I think you should do an episode on the dark history of Hawaii.
YESS!!
This!!
Yes
And the Anishinaabe. Please I can give you a lot of info. I am a Grand Traverse Band member and an anthropologist and past museum director for Eyaawing museum and cultural center for 12 years.
yes please!
I’m Shawnee, we were relocated to Oklahoma from the Ohio river valley. My band ended up next to the Osages. My family is one of the few that has documentation of when our names changed to English. My bf is Osage we both are very lucky to be raised in our cultures, be named into our tribes as children, and learn our languages.
I receive my $2,000 check every month.... My family is dark so imagine trying to prove it.... I have pictures of my great great great grandparents, and they were dark as tar.... But we proved it!!! So go get your DNA test so your checks can start rolling in..
@@kanyegang2810 Being indigenous isn’t about “getting checks” though…
@@PrinceSeoho I didn't say it was... I said if you can prove it you'll get what's owed to you, and family!!! Do you think it matter to the JEWS? Nope!! They wanted what was OWED to them...
@@kanyegang2810 that’s cool
As a native.i was extremely emotional this whole video.its different when its your own people and u hold the stories passed down thru generations.there is absolutely more to it but u did well in trying to capture it.i could hear in your voice how overwhelming it was for you because it is a horrible history.thank you for shedding light on my people and encouraging people to read their history on natives.
Part (half) Cherokee here, father from Tulsa area. Grew up with chief John Ross 's great great grandson and other direct descendants of survivors from several tribes. This narrative truly is a heart piercing well done presentation.
Bailey 's endearing brutal honesty is refreshing while saddening and enlightening my spirit.
Keep up your quest, Dark History Crew, to help others understand.
And I love how our generation is being taught in school that Jackson was “a house hold hero” and that we “ cant be mad bc it wasn’t wrong back then” this system makes me sick
Isn’t that disgusting? Kinda like “if it wasn’t on camera - it didn’t happen”. Well not really the same analogy, but I get what you’re saying. It’s sad of the use of “well it happened so long ago when it was acceptable so it’s ok....” as if that makes it any better!
EXACTLY! All school does is teach bs these days. Nothing to actually help people know the true history of the world, or to actually help them learn about being an adult and how to actually be ready for adult life.
It's horrible to how the few teachers who try to teach the real truth regarding historical stories usually end up getting complained about by parents & in trouble
exactly! my history teacher is literally brainwashed and i want to have a full blown argument with her about how american history is incredibly corrupt and evil. humanity in itself has seen a lot of evil and america is no exception. “america is the greatest nation”- NOPE.
It was wrong, but they didn't care
I went to school in Texas when this was taught to me and the history book said they “wanted” to go…..I told my mom about it (Shawnee native) and she was furious and went in and had a “talk” with the principal about what was being taught in school….I know it didn’t make a difference to him but I was proud of my mom
Just like the new books 📚 describe slavery as immigration. Check it out. I believe it is Texas private schools.
@@beverlycarter1066 texas also makes the majority of the country's history books 🧐
@@beverlycarter1066 why are you like this america 😩😩😩
It’s not America...the whole entire planet is controlled by the 1% Global elitists from around the world...
5:50 Bailey explaining the problem with private property so **Chef’s kiss** PERFECTLY😂🚩
I'm crying, thank you. This was so cathartic to watch. I didn't really learn anything I didn't already know since it's my history. But hearing how you speak out about it, and how you didn't hold back at all, restores some hope and healing.
WE ARE STILL HERE !!!
Thank you for acknowledging the dark history, bringing it to light, and not sugar coating the stories! I'm listening in from California, and we have our own stories. Still today we all struggle with historical trauma from the genocide the founding fathers of this nation tried to commit.
I respect you for using your platform to educate many of those who don't understand some of the many awful things that happened to my native peoples. I am definitely subscribed after today ! May your spirt be blessed. Insis omish
I am so sorry. I’m so sorry
Super random but I saw your last name and was wondering if you are from the Tachi Yokut tribe?
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I'm an Native American, and I've been following you for awhile. And the fact that you touched more of our history got me emotionally!! There's so much that's hidden within the history books, or nor do they explain how much blood was spilled to built these countrys
It’s such a one sided story in the history books… and it’s so sad i hate it we need more Native American input
My grandmother is Choctaw and my husband is 25% Cherokee.. and seeing this on your channel brought tears to my eyes. Thank you Bailey.
In high school I was extremely depressed and did not try in any of my classes but especially history. As I got older I realized how much I loved history and wished I would’ve paid attention! These videos are so healing because I feel like I’m able to really learn about the things I didn’t give myself a chance to. Thank you Bailey !!
I was the same way and now I’m doing the exact thing!!
The private living community I grew up in was named after the Choctaw people, which I always thought was honoring their memory. Then I grew up and found out that many homes were built on their burial grounds. As kids we would find arrowheads in the dirt and think it was so cool. Little did I know, my “own” backyard was a Native burial ground. Those things belonged to someone. It’s just all so sad.
Woah that’s crazy! How sad is that though building homes over burial grounds like it never happened. 💔💔 It’s amazing what we don’t know and what we aren’t taught. It’s such a tragedy.
I know right. A lot of these “memorials” for native Americans are really just a slap in the face to them. Imagine a country that wanted you gone….placing a memorial for the people THEY killed. Jfc
I’m surprised y’all weren’t haunted. Most houses built on Indian burial grounds are haunted. I can’t blame them either. I wouldn’t want anyone building a home on my grave either. It’s so sad really . :(
Shut up
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Dark History needs to be a mandatory part of the schools curriculum everywhere.
You could always have your kids watch it at home if you'd like, but you know for sure, there'd be some push from Karens from any change.
Republicans would go bananas if they found out their children were learning the truth😬
Haha! They did a great job of divide and conquer on all of us citizens.
100% Agree, I want her to make an episode on how current education systems deliberately change history to favor American ideologies. I went to school in Texas and we study from “Texas Edition” text books that completely leave out chapters on immigration and anything that paints US history in a negative light. Gotta love Republican lead education lol
Its just facts. They should teach the truth🥺🧐📖
This episode is so frustrating I want to walk out of work and just sink to the ground outside and cry. My ex bf (white american man) would always say stuff like "well they get alot of money from the government and they don't have to pay taxes so it's kinda even" and everytime it made me sick to my stomach. This country is so disgusting I truly believe alot of america's problems is karma from all the bloodshed and lies to "acquire" this land. My heart goes out to anyone who carries these stories in their family I truly am heartbroken.
Thank you Bailey for covering this topic!
Being Blackfoot from Canada, I appreciate all coverage involving hidden Indigenous facts. You should cover what happened with the Residential Schools, it’s becoming a big topic throughout Canada and now into the US.
Thank you for being you 🙏
The biggest Native American tribe is Navajo and we also had a removal from our lands called “the long walk” but we were put back in our ancestral lands. The only tribe in history to keep its original lands.
I honestly had no idea! Thank you for this information so I can continue to learn!
I think the hupa nkept their lands too, I'm Navajo as well, but grew up around the hupa. I think all tribes had their own trail of tears as far as I'm aware.
People are finally waking up to the truth
Im part Navajo and Cherokee!
As a Cherokee woman I really loved and appreciated how in depth you went with this. From the research I’ve done, and from what my dad has told me about our family,, we were in Oklahoma by 1833, and my dad says that our family knew things were about to get really bad and that’s why we went earlier.
Great video!
Thank you, Bailey Sarian, for speaking on Native American history. I am an Alaskan Native and this had me in tears for finally hearing someone honor the Native Americans by telling their story. You were right about us being resilient. I would love to hear you do one about the Alaskan natives too.
Thank you for the resources. I am homeschooling my daughter this year and we are going to learn "real history" together. ❤️ Also by watching your videos..
“ Andrew bath salts Jackson” , I was drinking when she said that , I literally about died 😂😂 , I was born and raised next to the Apache reservation in Arizona , I have a ton of respect , love and appreciation for all Native Americans , they need way more recognition and appreciation and understanding , they are some of the most humble people I know , it breaks my heart hearing about how they where treated and still get treated to this day , I will always stand up for and stand up with the native Americans , ❤️❤️
apache from az
I am a Native Hawaiian, and on the eve of Admissions Day for us here in Hawai’i - this podcast hit home for me. To my Native American brothers and sisters, Aloha… we feel you. To Bailey; thank you for bringing awareness to history as we haven’t heard it before in a way that makes me want to hear about it… and look forward to hearing about it. See you on Monday ❤️
she should totally talk about what happened in Hawaii (when Dole invaded Hawaii)
@@personified3500 agreed. Mainland people DON’T learn the facts of the overthrow in the course of public education. You really have to seek it out.
Forgive me for asking but what is admission’s day?
That museum is amazing. It's where I learned we stole lacrosse from the Cherokee. They were actually a more advanced native tribe as well, with a written language and stuff. They were probably more educated than half the settlers running them off their land.
I’m so glad that you have started doing Dark History…. I don’t know if they teach it now, but I don’t recall learning this at all. I’m 60 years old. I didn’t know any of this. Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m western Cherokee even though I look fully Caucasian. NONE of this is taught in Oklahoma schools. I will never forget my 5th grade teacher. She taught us the reality of how brutal ,Andrew Jackson and the entirety of the government, acted towards Native Americans. She got reprimanded because it “wasn’t in the curriculum”. She was passionate about the truth. It’s just shocking how whitewashed the accounts really are.
I learned about it in Oklahoma history. That’s sad that it wasn’t taught at your school.
I'm Choctaw and I wasn't even taught this in school. But I have an ancestors who survived the trail at the age of 16, so once I hit middle school my grandmother taught me about it. EVERYTHING about it
Wow that’s sad. I’m Cherokee, live and went to school in leflore county and was taught about it in hs and college. I’m glad you were taught about it, either way.
@@daniellebrown1009 Yall are $5 Indians no offense.
@@Roller324 Pretty sure thats an offensive saying, but what exactly does it mean?
Trail of Tears... I remember this lesson is US history and I was lucky to have a teacher who actually dove in and shared all the details, even the extremely bad ones. There was not one dry eye in that classroom during that lesson.
I remember the powwow dance honoring those who fell on the trail of tears.
That is rare. I'm glad some were willing to do so.
@@heartdragon2386 definitely rare. Only history teacher I’ve had that put in that type of effort. It’s the only history class that had me crying more than once. I didn’t know how dark USA’s past was before that class.
Coming from the Navajo (Díne) Nation in AZ, thank you from the bottom of my heart for recognizing our Native American history. This video brought me to tears, KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK. 🖤🖤🖤🥲
Loved that you shared this! It's so important! Thank you for bringing it to everyone's attention!
Another you should look into, is The Long Walk of the Navajo, of my people. We were rounded up and our livestock was killed to force us out of hiding from troops. We were forced to walk to Ft Sumner in the middle of winter. Kept on a military fort for years in terrible conditions, when "released" back to our lands and forced to walk back in the middle of winter. Thousands and thousands never returned home. They tried to wipe us out. T'ahdii kóó hondiiló We Are Still Here ❤
history fan-former middle school teacher here. Bailey’s Dark History is master’s degree quality research! i love this!! A+++
"someone ratted on her... it was my mom."
that line took me OUTTTT
It took me a few days to get through this video. I love your work so much but being a native following the red road, I was so afraid that it would be what my dad told me is “their history not our history”. I was in tears because you told “our history” thank you so much Bailey Sarian! I hope in the future you cover Wounded Knee Massacre, all the stolen children by boarding schools, and the current MMIW. 🪶💖👍🏽
As a Native American myself, thank you so much Bailey for covering this story. Our history needs to be talked about more and I'm so happy someone of your status has talked about our history.
The people who disliked this video don't like facing their own history.
I know that's right!!!!!
No it's bc we aren't racist in thinking the acts of some represent the entire race. Like the many hypocrites in the comment section.
@@Renee-rw7un nobody said the acts of some represent all. But acknowledging that bad things did happen and that they were wrong is right. Facing the brutality of the past makes us better.
Exactly!
@@Miss_ESL does it make us better people because would you have even considered doing some of the things that our ancestors have because I sure wouldn't so like I don't see how it's making me a better person in that respect.
AS AN INDIGENOUS PERSON THANK YOU FOR BEING SO RESPECTFUL AND HONEST ABOUT THE REAL HISTORY OF AMERICA I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE AND WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU ♥️🖤💛🤍
❤🖤💛🤍👍🤗 Luv frm Hollywood, Fl. Big Town Clan
Although Bailey truly is an original, I wish more people would utilize their platform for this purpose.
As a Native American I thank you for the understanding and the light u shed on our dark past that no one acknowledges, many nya weh’s Bailey … we are still here
We need teachers like this. Kids need to be engaged with and inspired I had so many teachers growing up that just seemed as though they hated children and definitely never should of become a teacher.
Sadly it’s up to the schools and the district on how teachers get to teach and their lesson plans 😭