Tim Tingle is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma an award-winning author and storyteller of twenty books . Tingle was raised on the Gulf Coast outside of Houston , Texas . He is an Oklahoma Choctaw . His great-great grandfather , John Carnes , walked the Trail of Tears in 1835 , and his paternal grandmother attended Indian boarding schools in the early 1900 's . In order to preserve the legacy of the Choctaw culture , Tim 's family shared stories of their heritage and the struggles that Native Americans face
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Tim Tingle