ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
January 27, 1825
Indian Territory is Approved by the U.S. Congress
Allowing the Forced Relocation of the Eastern
Indiana Now Known as the "Trail of Tears"
On this day in 1825, the United States Congress approved present-day Oklahoma as Indian Territory.
This action cleared the way for the forced relocation of Eastern Indians on what has become known as the "Trail of
This term originated from the removal of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Indians
in the 1830's where thousands died from exposure, disease, and starvation on the way to their destinations.