The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts eHistory Research Cluster, the department of history, and the Institute of Native American Studies present a conversation on "Native Ground: Place and Language in the Cherokee Nation," with topics including mapping Cherokee homesteads in the nineteenth century, Removal Period archaeology, and Cherokee language and culture knowledge.

The panelists are Claudio Saunt, Russell Professor of American History and Regents’ Professor at UGA; Brett Riggs, Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University; and Tom Belt, Cultural Advisor and Cherokee Language Instructor (Cherokee Nation), introduced by Constance Owl, Presidential Scholar in the UGA Department of History (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians).

The event is free and open to the public.

Photo: Home and family of John Owl, Oconaluftee Cherokee, Swain County, c. 1900. N.53.3.44 From the General Negative Collection, State Archives of North Carolina