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Creek Descendants Return to Georgia in Trail of Cheer Program
Ben Checotah, 20, of Muskogee Oklahoma, returns to Macon Georgia marking the first Creek relocation to their ancestral Georgia lands since the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Cheer program, backed by the Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service, aims to establish Creek crafts trading posts at Ocmulgee National Monument and relocate Creeks to Macon with scholarships, jobs, and housing aid.
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Associated Press
Macon, Ga
Ben Checotah
Muskogee
Okla
Macon
Georgia
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Park Service
Ocmulgee National Monument
Peggy
Okmulgee
Mercer University
Monument’s Creek
Charles H. Jones
Monument Advisory
Chamber
Jones
Claude Cox
Cox