Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/12/2024
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
PCPL Saluda
*This program is now fully booked. To be added to the waitlist, email Pam Torlina at pam@conservingcarolina.org.*
Historical Findings of Cherokee Living in the Carolinas
Tuesday, March 12 @ 2pm
Saluda Library
Based on 30 years of research, naturalist, outdoor writer, and historian Dennis Chastain will present his findings of the history and culture of the Cherokee people. The Cherokee people have lived in this area for thousands of years and are the aboriginal inhabitants and keepers of a vast geographic landscape covering parts of eight southeastern states.
Chastain says the slideshow will describe what he has discovered about the culture: the construction of houses and ceremonial buildings; foods and agricultural practices, including the story of corn and how it changed the lifestyles of all southeastern Native Americans. Also included is a description of some of the games played and how “ball play” was essential to everyday life. Chastain will also talk about hunting practices and the importance of the deer skin trade; why annual trips were made to the coast of South Carolina and what goods were brought back to the mountains and foothills from the coast. And finally, Chastain will tell the story of how the arrival of Europeans at Charles Town in 1670, and the interactions between early colonists and the Cherokee altered the culture of the Cherokee forever.
We acknowledge that though we are the current stewards, the land where we live and work is stolen land. Homeland of the Cherokee, the Yuchi, and the Catawba people was acquired through genocide and forced removal. Chastain is not a part of the Cherokee community but will share his knowledge on Cherokee history from his years of research and findings.
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The Saluda Library Speaker Series is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 44 West Main Street, Saluda, NC. This program series is made possible thanks to Polk County Public Libraries’ partnership with Conserving Carolina, and a generous Free Community Events grant from Polk County Community Foundation. Contact Pam Torlina at pam@conservingcarolina.org with questions.
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