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September 20, 2016

USFS admits it destroyed part of the Trail of Tears

COKER CREEK, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is apologizing after destroying a portion of the Trail of Tears in the Appalachian Mountains, reopening wounds for Native Americans who consider the land sacred.

The Forest Service, in documents obtained by The Associated Press, has acknowledged that an employee approved the destruction of a 3/4-mile section of the trail in eastern Tennessee without authorization.


 
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