9th grade Oklahoma state history didn’t even mention the Cherokee tribe suing the US in the SCOTUS, winning the case, and Andrew Jackson sending the US military to force the Cherokees to the trail. I have hopes that this story will someday be set to film like Amistad.
From an educational standpoint, this dovetails really well with 8th grade civics and the three branches of federal government. Specifically, how what Jackson did was illegal. There’s lessons that can be applied to modern day executive reach. But, I have no idea what’s taught in Oklahoma (if anything) these days.
It pisses me off now but there was no mention of this my OK state history.
The thing they taught that pisses me off is the “five civilized tribes.” Oh, you mean the five subjugated tribes - Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole. I can still remember them 40 years later. I guess the grooming worked.