Last Cherokee survivor of Trail of Tears to be honored on June 8

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https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/83147

BY STAFF REPORTS
04/25/2019 09:00 AM

LOST CITY – The Oklahoma Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association will honor the last Cherokee survivor of the Trail of Tears during a ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. on June 8 in the Neugin Cemetery in the community of Lost City. This community is located in western Cherokee County near Hulbert.

In May of 1838, the family of Tickaneeski and Sallie Ketcher, including their three year old daughter Rebecca were rounded up in Georgia by soldiers and sent west by boat on June 6, 1838 in an Army detachment led by Lt. Edward Deas. They arrived in the west on June 19. Rebecca was married twice, first to John Smith and later to Bark Neugin. She lived in the Lost City community and had seven children survive to adulthood. She died at her home on July 15, 1932. Her approximate age was 97.

Singer, songwriter and playwright, Becky Hobbs, will be present to assist in the musical portion of the June 8 ceremony. The Lost City Community building will be opened prior to the ceremony for water and amenities. Mrs. Neugin will be the 157th person honored by the Oklahoma Chapter for enduring the forced removal.

President of the National Trail of Tears Association, Jack Baker, said TOTA chapters in nine states have “worked hard over the years” to identify and mark the trails and campsites used by Cherokee people as they traveled to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839.


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[samnsara]

1. please dont let trump anywhere near this ceremony!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

2. I'm sure he prefers trails that don't have tears.

He's a big fan of Prez Jackson, greatest president after Lincoln (no. 2) and Trump (no. 1 by a huge margin. huge.)

[Soph0571]

3. Don't worry

He will be in the UK fucking up the D Day anniversary...

[Harker]

4. Telling all assembled what it was like to be the first

to hit the beach.

[Soph0571]

5. Heh

Nobody wants him there. It is important that D Day is a joint remembrance... but that fucker being there? Huurrumph.





They say it better than I ever could

[Harker]

7. I visited Normandy alone in 1992.

Some of those beaches still bear the scars of WWII.

Any day listening to Trumpsky bleating will be "the longest day" for the unfortunate attendee.

[nolabear]

6. Given Andrew Jackson is his hero I doubt he's welcome.