Kansas City Trail Of Tears Blame Game Walkabout Coming Soon

This sounds like the opposite of a fun time . . . And so, of course, the newspaper and local activists are promoting it:

Starting Tuesday, a group of Kansas Citians will make a multi-day pilgrimage through the metro to celebrate and reckon with different cultures’ histories in the area — including paying homage to the tens of thousands of Native Americans who were forcibly displaced from the region following the Indian Removal Act in 1830.

Local wellness nonprofit Clement Waters will host the “moving ceremony” event, called the Trail of Mending, from May 23 to 26.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas Citians will walk for four days on 'Trail of Mending' to reckon with local history

Starting Tuesday, a group of Kansas Citians will make a multi-day pilgrimage through the metro to celebrate and reckon with different cultures' histories in the area - including paying homage to the tens of thousands of Native Americans who were forcibly displaced from the region following the Indian Removal Act in 1830.