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| Descendent of legendary Cherokee chief, NASA Marshall scientist learned history from family stories |
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0104080.jpg Robbie Hood, an atmospheric scientist and hurricane hunter at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., is the great-great-great-great granddaughter of John Ross, the first elected chief of the Cherokee Nation. Ross, whose name in Cherokee is Kooweskoowe, led the Cherokees on the "Trail of Tears" - their forced relocation from the Southeastern United States to present-day Oklahoma in 1838-1839. PHOTO: NASA Marshall/Dennis Olive
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