Private initiatives such as the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends ( Quakers ) attempted to fill the gap caused by the end of government relief , and eventually the government reinstated the relief works , although bureaucracy slowed the release of food supplies . Thousands of dollars were raised in the United States , including $ 170 ( $ 5,218 in 2019 value ) collected from a group of Native American Choctaws in 1847 . Judy Allen , editor of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 's newspaper '' Biskinik '' , wrote that " It had been just 16 years since the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears , and they had faced starvation ... It was an amazing gesture . " To mark the 150th anniversary , eight Irish people retraced the Trail of Tears , and the donation was publicly commemorated by President Mary Robinson
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Great Famine (Ireland)