Indian Ed. at the Shasta Union High School District

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Tribal Regalia Advocacy Toolkit:
Students’ Rights To Tribal Regalia and Cultural and Religious Items At California Graduations
April 2025

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Indigenous Student's Right to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation School graduations are a pivotal achievement. For Indigenous students in particular, graduating from primary or secondary school is a momentous occasion that...

During National Library Week, we recognize the vital role that libraries and librarians play in our communities.

We invite you to join us for a meaningful conversation that centers the power of story and the impact of those who help bring it to life.

National Library Week Webinar
The Role of Librarians & Story, and the Importance of Both
April 22, 2026
5:30 PM Eastern Time

Join Stacy Wells (Choctaw), youth librarian and author of the Tana Cooks series and Stronger Than (co-written with Nikki Grimes), as she shares how librarians and authors do more than encourage reading.

Together, they help shape readers who see themselves reflected in story, in their communities, and in the world around them.

In this session, Stacy will explore:

The role of authentic Native stories in building identity and belonging
Why recognition and awards for Native authors matter
How getting the right books into the hands of children creates lasting impact for Native readers and deepens understanding for all

This conversation is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of representation, access, and the relationships that make stories meaningful.

Mark your calendars for the MMIP Month of May

Never Forget!

On this date March 26, 1839 : The Trail of Tears Ended.

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ ᏗᎨᏥᎧᎲᏍᏒᎢ
Remember the Removal
ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏲᎩᎶᏒᎩ
Our Journey
Routes of the Trail of Tears

Starting in the summer of 1838, Cherokees were rounded up and forced from their homes in Georgia, Tennessee and other southeastern states to the tribe’s current capital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, as part of the federal Indian Removal Act. Of the estimated 16,000 Cherokees forced to make the journey, commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears, an estimated 4,000 died due to exposure, starvation, and disease. Remember the Removal bike riders will travel on the Northern Route, one of six removal routes, in honor of their ancestors. They start in New Echota, Georgia, and cycle across seven states before ending their 950-mile journey in Tahlequah.

Sites On The Trail
There are many important sites where the Cherokees traveled during removal. As the biker riders progress along the trail they are awarded the opportunity to visit these historic sites.

Agency
Guided by policies favored by President Jackson the Trail of Tears was the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast.

Bell Tavern
The first known mention of this location as "Bell Tavern" appears in the 1837 diary of Dr. W. I. I. Morrow, a conductor for a Cherokee detachment on the trail.

Berry’s Ferry and Berry Homesite
Located at the end of Highway 133 at the Ohio River, about 15 miles from Salem, the once-popular Berry Ferry crossed the river to Golconda, Illinois.

Blythe Ferry
Cherokee William Blythe gained authorization to operate a ferry at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers.

Buel House
The family of tanner Alexander Buel was said to have fed pumpkin to hungry Cherokee Indians being driven west by the federal government in 1838.

Calhoun Community Cemetery
Calhoun Community Cemetery is the burial site of a 2-year-old niece of Cherokee Chief John Ross.

Chieftains Museum / Major Ridge
The Chieftains tells the story of Major Ridge, the influential Ridge family including prominent son John Ridge and the Trail of Tears.

Danforth Farm
One such sign of settlement was the farmstead of Josiah Danforth, the location of Cannon’s encampment on December 15, 1837.

Fitzgerald Station and Farmstead
The journal of William Isaac Irvins Morrow, a physician traveling with the detachment, mentions the Fitzgerald farm: March 20, 1839.

Fort Cass Cherokee Agency & Emigration Depot
Fort Cass was established on January 1, 1835, as the U.S. Army headquarters for the Cherokee removal.

Green's Ferry
Bainbridge and Green's Ferry were important crossings on the Mississippi River, and the road connecting these two ferries were used during the Trail of Tears

John Martin Home
John Martin built the main house approximately 1835 after being driven out of Murray County, Georgia.

Mantle Rock
Mantle Rock claimed by Cherokees as hunting grounds from earliest times, this area was utilized more by Chickasaws and Shawnees.

Maramec Spring
Massey (or Maramec) Iron Works, which was the first successful ironworks west of the Mississippi River, operated here from 1826 to 1876.

New Echota
In 1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital here.

Pea Ridge National Military Park
The Springfield to Fayetteville road segment near Elkhorn Tavern close to Pea Ridge was the supply link between Springfield and Fort Smith before the Civil War.

Radford Farmhouse
This site was built in 1796 by Robert C. Coleman approximately one-half mile from Coleman’s Bridge over the west fork of the Red River on the Nashville Road.

Roubidoux Spring
During the 1838-39 Trail of Tears, thousands of Cherokees along the Northern Route camped in the large field located south of Roubidoux Spring.

Shellsford Baptist Church
Shellsford Baptist Church is one of the oldest active congregations in Warren County, Tennessee.

Snelson-Brinker House
Woods State Memorial Wildlife Area is the Snelson-Brinker House, which was a stopping point for some of the detachments.

Trail of Tears Commemorative Park
The park is located on the site where 9 of 13 groups of Cherokee Indians crossed the Mississippi River in harsh winter conditions in 1838-39.

Vann Cherokee Cabin
Around 1810 a log cabin was built where the town of Cave Spring is now located, most likely by a Cherokee and perhaps by David Vann and his family.

Vann House
The Chief Vann House Historic Site is a 23-acre park containing a 2-story brick mansion built in 1804 by James Vann, a member of the Cherokee elite.

Whitepath and Fly Smith Graves
Chief Whitepath was a member of the Elijah Hicks Detachment that left the first week of October 1838, with Whitepath serving as assistant conductor.

Cherokee Nation Remember the Removal Guided by policies favored by President Andrew Jackson, who led the country from 1828 to 1837, the Trail of Tears (1837 to 1839) was the forced westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast. Land grabs threatened tribes throughout the South and Southeast in the early 1800...

Pit River Tribal Events 2026

A Native to Know

Simon Ortiz, Pueblo, won the Pushcart Prize for Poetry in 1981 for his collection entitled "From Sand Creek". Ortiz holds a master's degree of fine arts and taught writing and literature at a number of colleges and universities.

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