There are a number of individual profiles in Category:Trail of Tears. It does not state it is a High Level category, but it is in my view. Should it include the statement box "This is a high level category. Please do not add individual profiles. Add profiles to the narrowest category possible. See How to Categorize." as does the Category:Five Civilized Tribes? Thank you.
Hmm... Conceptually, the Trail of Tears category ought to cover the several different forced movements of Native Americans (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw...), but it looks like it has been set up as if it applies only to the Cherokee. It seems to me that separate subcategories are needed for the forced removals of the individual tribal nations. Once separate categories exist, it will be possible to disperse profiles to the correct category, and treat Trail of Tears as high-level category.
Thank you Ellen. At your suggestion, there are now the following categories which are linked as subcategories to Category:Trail of Tears:
Category:Cherokee_Trail_of_Tears
Category:Chickasaw_Trail_of_Tears
Category:Choctaw_Trail_of_Tears
Category:Muscogee_Creek_Trail_of_Tears
Category:Seminole_Trail_of_Tears
Great work Ellen and Ronald !! Thank you for the enlightenment and added subcategories.
Keen observation Ronald .. I agree .. Technically, the one sub category: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Cherokee_Removal_Memorial_Park_at_Historic_Blythe_Ferry
probably should not be a sub category under Trail of Tears as it is already a sub category under https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:National_Historic_Trails_of_the_United_States .
The db software then would recognize the Category: Trail of Tears as the current "narrowest category possible."
C'est Bon ..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears Wikipedia article on the subject is pretty extensive, makes me think that Trail of Tears should indeed be a parent category for the various relocations (to be polite).
