In this episode we discuss the Indian Removal Act that was signed by President Andrew Jackson on this day in 1830. The law authorised the president to negotiate with southern American Indian tribes to leave their Native land and move to federal territory west of the Mississippi River. This led to the forced resettlement of the American Indian population that became known as the ‘Trail of Tears’. We look at the reasons why this act was implemented, the controversy of the Act as well as the devastating impacts it had on American Indians.