The «Trail of Tears» refers to the forced displacement of indigenous peoples in the United States between 1830 and 1850. Thousands of Native Americans were driven from their homelands in the South-eastern United States to areas west of the Mississippi River.

Hunger and disease spread rapidly among the natives on their march westward, and many succumbed to the cold, or to starvation.

“I imagined the emotional toll that it must have taken to continue marching forward without knowing if you will make it to the destination.”