Robert Rausch for The New York Times. Tom Hendrix at the Florence, Ala., memorial he built for his great-great grandmother, Te-lah-nay, a Yuchi Indian.

Thanks to the New York Times for this coverage of a moving tribute to one man’s lineage and his peoples’ heritage:

Off Alabama’s Beaten Path, Tribute to a Native American’s Journey Home

By JENNIFER CROSSLEY HOWARD

Tom Hendrix has built a mile-long stone wall to memorialize his Native American great-great grandmother, who was displaced during the Trail of Tears.