Cherokee Heritage Trails Guide

Duncan, Barbara R. and Brett H. Riggs

ISBN 10: 0807854573 / ISBN 13: 9780807854570

Published by University of North Carolina Press with The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Chapel Hill, 2003

About this Item

Book has very light shelf wear. Appears new and unread. Excellent guide to Cherokee-related sites, mainly in North Carolina, but including Tennessee and Georgia. ; Color Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 368 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cherokee Heritage Trails Guide
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press with The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Chapel Hill
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807854573
• ISBN 13: 9780807854570
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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 interpretive center for the Cherokee Heritage Trails. Among the many other featured sites are Kituhwa Mound, origin of the mother town of the Cherokees; 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.

About the Author

Barbara R. Duncan is education director at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina. She collected and edited the original Living Stories of the Cherokee and co-authored The Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook (both from the University of North Carolina Press).