ID: 901002311 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002311	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Trail of Death (American history, 1838)

Note: One of several forced removals of Native American communities during the Indian Removal period (1830-1839); the Trail of Death describes the forced march Potawatomi communities took from villages in Indiana to Kansas and then later to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). The name refers to the high mortality rate of Potawatomi individuals during the journey, due to famine and rampant illness.

Display Date: September-November 1838

Names:

	Trail of Death (American history, 1838) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Death, Trail of (American history, 1838) (English,A,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............Trail of Death (American history, 1838) (I)

Other Relationships:

	located in .... Indiana
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Illinois
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Missouri
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Kansas
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	located in .... Oklahoma
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... journey
	.....(events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	related to .... colonization
	.....(governmental functions, functions by specific context, functions (activities), Functions (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	related to .... American Indian reservation
	.....(native peoples reservations, settlements by occupants, inhabited places, Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Chief Menominee (Potawatomi leader, 1791-1841)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Andrew Jackson (American major general, president, 1767-1845)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... anonymous Potawatomi (Potawatomi cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Trail of Death (American history, 1838)
	................Citizen Potawatomi Nation [online] (2017) "Trail of Death," accessed 8 June 2020, "Trail of Death,"
	................NMAI [online] (2005-) "Trail of Death," accessed 8 June 2020, "Potawatomi Nation Case Study,"
	................Kansapedia [online] (2020) "Trail of Death," accessed 8 June 2020, "Potawatomi Trail of Death,"
	Death, Trail of (American history, 1838)
	................Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Kansapedia [online] (2020) accessed 8 June 2020, "Potawatomi Trail of Death,"
	................ NMAI [online] (2005-) accessed 8 June 2020, "Potawatomi Nation Case Study,"
	................ Citizen Potawatomi Nation [online] (2017) accessed 8 June 2020, "Trail of Death,"