Join us as we explore local legends and folklore! Each day we will begin with a story, and then have a day of activities where we will explore and expand on aspects of them.
Our stories this year are:
The First Strawberries, A Cherokee Story
The Great Ball Game, A Muskogee Story
Swamp Angel, An Appalachian Folktale
June 7-9, 9:30-1:30
Ages 7-11
$65/non-members, $55/members
For more information, call 770-720-5969 or email josiah.wolff@reinhardt.edu
Camp Form 2022 (pdf)
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Dr. Andrew Denson will give a talk on how we commemorate the Trail of Tears in the South.
9/8
Northeast Georgia History Center will give a talk on Legal and Legislative Aspects of Cherokee Removal
9/15
Wayne Glowka will be telling stories with his banjo.
9/22
Donna Longino will discuss Cherokee history in conjunction with her novel, Sarah's Way, about nineteen-year-old Sarah's experiences on the Trail of Tears.
9/29
Karen Coody Cooper, via livestream, will discuss her new book, Cherokee Women in Charge: Female Power and Leadership in American Indian Nations of Eastern North America
10/6
Miriam Brown Spiers, professor at KSU, will discuss her book, Encountering the Sovereign Other: Indigenous Science Fiction, which examines the ways that American Indian novelists have adapted the generic tropes of science fiction as a means of resisting cultural assimilation and reasserting the value of Indigenous knowledges in the twenty-first century.
10/13
Bill Cagle will discuss his book, The Road to Georgia Marble, a history of the marble industry in Georgia that began with a road that cut through Cherokee land.
10/20
Dr. Grace Hale will discuss her book, Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
10/27
Laine Kirby Wood will discuss her work with the Etowah River Alliance.
Lectures are on Thursdays at 2pm unless otherwise noted. Free/FHC members, $10/non-members Call us at 770-720-5970 to reserve your spot!