08/19/2013
""Upon their removal they could be seen grabbing handfuls of soil. So I think the connection to place and their feelings for this place and their deep, deep history in this place was something that was very, very difficult for them to sever with," said Daryl Baldwin."
"These documents are tied to a period of time that our ancestors were struggling to stay within their homeland," said Daryl Baldwin, Cultural Resources Advocacy Committee, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. "They didn't really have choices in that period. Often times the tribes were forced into signing these…