LeopardGoddess's blog: "Cherokee North Carolina"

Cherokee Bill The hat he wore resembled that of Indiana Jones So it gave them pause and she dubbed him Missouri Bill But the sound of the name when spoken reminded him of misery and that the "trail of tears" of the Cherokee The trail passed through Missouri where he had paused a year ago and though a white man his family lore tied him to the tribe It was as if all had come full circle and so upon this day "Cherokee Bill" was born another by William 6/12/95 Visit Bill's website at......www.wsharing.com

Cherokee History Turbans and cabins gardening huts to mansions wisdom and change truth not neaerly as romantic as feathered headdress and tepees hunting Buffalo brothers to the west standing firm Diverse paths broad horizons one with many faces now we see yet honesty must speak remember understand touch the humanness in us all on trails of tears. by William 6/10/02

SEQUOYAH THIS STATUE HONORING SEQUOYAH, THE CHEROKEE GENIUS WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET WAS SCULPTED FROM A SINGLE GIANT CALIFORNIA SEQUOIA (REDWOOD) LOG WHICH WAS DONATED AND SHIPPED BY GEORGIA-PACIFIC. THIS IS SCULPTOR PETER WOLF TOTH'S 63RD STATUE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA COMMEMORATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS. TOTH WAS INVITED TO SCULPT THE SEQUOYAH STATUE BY CHIEF ROBERT S. YOUNGDEER AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR KEN BLANKENSHIP. DEDICATED: 30 SEPTEMBER 1989