Trail of Tears Mural Unveiling

Artist Johnnie Diacon (Muscogee (Creek)) created a three-panel mural installation for the Museum of Native American History that depicts the Trail of Tears. This mural effectively created a new stop on the National Trail of Tears Association map of destinations at MONAH. The work was installed on the south exterior wall of the museum on May 8th at 3:00 PM CST.

We live-streamed the event on our Facebook Live.

Keep up with Johnnie and his work by visiting his Facebook or Instagram!

A special thank you to our friends and partners at the RUNWAY Group for helping bring this project to life. Learn more about the National Trail of Tears Association and the Arkansas Trail of Tears Association

Johnnie Lee Diacon is an enrolled member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, the Raprakko Etvlwa (Thlopthlocco Tribal Town), and he is Ecovlke (Deer Clan). He studied the flat style of Indian painting under master artist Ruthe Blalock Jones (Delaware/Shawnee/Peoria) at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

The video below is an Art Talk with Johnnie Diacon, presented in tandem with the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian. Recorded May 15, 2021.