REMEMBERING A DARK PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY: Bindiya Patel places flags Nov. 18 on the university mall for the Choctaw Nation as part of the Native American Flag Memorial. The memorial will include more than 750 flags, with each representing 100 Native Americans forced to walk the Trail of Tears. Differently colored flags represent the Seminole, Muskogee (Creek), Chickasaw and the Cherokee Nations.  The event also had information about the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the resulting relocation of approximately 100,000 Native Americans, in what became known as the Trail of Tears. The white dots on the flags represent 100 members of that tribe who died on the Trail of Tears.The event was hosted by Campus Living's Diversity Education Team. Photos by Cliff Hollis.