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John Ross, long-time leader of the Cherokee Nation, was born on October 3, 1790, in Cherokee territory now part of Alabama. He grew up near

John Marshall was born on September 24, 1755, in Germantown, Virginia. Following service in the Revolutionary War, he attended a course of law


Mountains, Parks & Native Peoples
A creative partnership between The Mountain Institute Sacred Mountains Program and the National Park Service has led to the development of innovative interpretive and educational materials. Participating parks include Hawaii Volcanoes, Mount Rainier, Yosemite, Santa Monica Mountains, North Cascades, and Great Smoky Mountains. To learn more, please view the powerpoint presentation; read about the materials developed at Great Smoky Mountains; look at the website link; or contact ebernbaum@mountain.org

The new wayside exhibits for Oconaluftee River Trail and Clingmans Dome Parking Area in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are the tangible product of collaboration between NPS, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The Mountain Institute, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.


Links
The Mountain Institute Sacred Mountains Program


Documents
Sacred Mountains Program and Partnership with NPS (ppt)
Description: 68 slide Powerpoint Presentation -- not for duplication or publication

Great Smoky Wayside: Meanings in the Mountains (pdf)
Description: Collaboration with Eastern Band of Cherokee, Mountain Institute & park on wayside text & visuals

Great Smoky: "Mountains, Spirituality, and the Cherokee" (doc)
Description: Collaboration History and Timeline -- how it was accomplished

Great Smoky Press Release on New Exhibit Tells Cherokee Stories (doc)
Description: news release
 

 

A nationally recognized social worker, community organizer, activist, and political leader, Ada Deer is a champion of Indian rights

Billy Frank, Jr. of the Nisqually Indian Tribe, has been Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) for

William O. Douglas was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898, and raised in Yakima, Washington. He entered Whitman College in

 

 

John Echohawk, a member of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, has served as the Executive Director of the

 

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