Wednesday, February 11, 2009

CHEROKEE PRESENTATION AND NATIVE AMERICAN LECTURE

Interested in learning local legends about Sautee, Nacoochee, Yonah, and the way the Indians of the White County area lived? Demonstrations, talks and myths about local Native American heritage will be presented on February 17 at 12 noon in the chapel at Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, GA.

White County had one of the largest American Indian settlements in North Georgia prior to colonial settlement. Speakers include Gracie Schwartzman, Mary Geidel, and Jill Hazen from the Sautee-Nacoochee Center; Donna Redfeather, Tina Shelton of Women of Heart, Kerry Marsh, and Kelly Wells playing Native American Flute.

This Cherokee presentation is sponsored by the Sautee-Nacoochee American Indian Conservancy Trust, Yonah Art Guild and Truett-McConnell College Art Department. For more information, call 706-969-1446 or 706-896-1060.

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