Cherokee heritage trails guidebook / Barbara R. Duncan & Brett H. Riggs.
Enriched by Cherokee voices, this guidebook offers a unique journey into the lands and culture of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Every year millions of tourists visit these mountains, drawn by the region's great natural beauty and diverse cultural traditions. Many popular aspects of Cherokee culture are readily apparent. Beneath the surface, however, lies a deeper Cherokee heritage--rooted in sacred places, community ties, storytelling, folk arts, and centuries of history. -- Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook is your introduction to this vibrant world. The book is organized around seven geographical hubs or communities within the original Cherokee homeland. Each chapter covers sites, side trips, scenic drives, and events. Cherokee stories, history, poems, and philosophy enrich the text and reveal the imagination of Cherokees past and present. -- The Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina, is the main interpretative center for the Cherokee Heritage Trails. Among the many other featured sites are Kituhwa Mound, origin of the mother town of the Cherokee Junaluska Memorial and Museum, with a preserved gravesite and medicine plant trail and Unicoi Turnpike Trail, part of the Trail of Tears and one of sixteen national millennium trails in the United States. -- The Cherokee Heritage Trails are a project of the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative and its partners, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association, the North Carolina Folklife Institute, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Division of the National Park Service.
Record details
- ISBN: 0807854573
- ISBN: 9780807854570
- Physical Description: 368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published in association with the Museum of the Cherokee Indian by the University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
General Note: | A project of the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-354) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Welcome / Ken Blankenship -- An Introduction to Cherokee History and Culture -- A Timeline of Cherokee History -- Traveling the Trails -- 1. Cherokee People Today: Cherokee, North Carolina -- 2. Snowbird Community and Junaluska: Robbinsville, North Carolina -- 3. The Middle Towns: Franklin, North Carolina -- 4. The Leech Place and the Trail of Tears: Murphy, North Carolina -- 5. The Overhill Towns and Sequoyah: Vonore, Tennessee -- 6. Cherokee Removal: Red Clay, Tennessee -- 7. Cherokee Renaissance: New Echota, Georgia -- Calendar of Events -- Four Cherokee Stories -- Genealogical Resources on Cherokee Heritage Trails. |
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Cherokee heritage trails guidebook. |
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