| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_event 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Trail_of_Tears 
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                                | gptkbp:approvedBy | gptkb:Indian_Removal_Act_of_1830 
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                                | gptkbp:commemoratedBy | gptkb:road memorials and museums
 
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                                | gptkbp:distance | over 1,000 miles 
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                                | gptkbp:enforcedBy | gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott 
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                                | gptkbp:involves | gptkb:United_States_government gptkb:Cherokee_Nation
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfCherokeeRemoved | approximately 16,000 
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                                | gptkbp:opposedBy | gptkb:Principal_Chief_John_Ross 
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                                | gptkbp:order | gptkb:President_Andrew_Jackson 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Treaty_of_New_Echota 
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                                | gptkbp:resultedIn | forced relocation of Cherokee people thousands of Cherokee deaths
 
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                                | gptkbp:routeEndedIn | gptkb:Indian_Territory present-day Oklahoma
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | example of forced migration major event in Native American history
 violation of Cherokee sovereignty
 
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                                | gptkbp:supportedBy | gptkb:Treaty_Party 
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                                | gptkbp:tookPlaceIn | gptkb:United_States 1838
 
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                                | gptkbp:victim | estimated 4,000 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:The_Bedford_Series_in_History_and_Culture 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | The Cherokee Removal 
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