While much of the country is celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence, the occasion carries a more somber tone for some Indigenous communities who were forcibly removed from their homelands.
Members of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma make trips every few years to revisit ancestral lands and historically significant sites in the Midwest. For them, those journeys take on a deeper meaning as the nation marks this major milestone.
Tribal members say the 250th anniversary of American independence is particularly poignant given the history of forced displacement their people endured.
