In this episode, we meet novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble whose historical fiction work is inspired by the lives and locations of Cherokee country’s past. Rebecca Jim is a lifelong environmentalist and water protector for Tar Creek, one of the most heavily-polluted waterways in the United States. We see how her kinship and connection to the land and water has shaped her life’s work. The red wolf is the most endangered wolf species in the world and it holds significant value to the Cherokee people. Learn about the Cherokee connection to this species and how conservationists are working to save it from extinction. In our Cherokee Almanac, we learn about the Saline Courthouse and its history as the last remaining original district courthouse and the tragic mystery surrounding what became known as the Saline Massacre.
Margaret Verble is a novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist who has made it her life’s work to correct inaccurate histories of Native people through historical fiction. Learn how she is inspired by the lives and locations of Cherokee country’s past.
Tar Creek, located in Northeastern Oklahoma, is one of the most heavily-polluted waterways in the United States. As a lifelong environmentalist, Rebecca Jim has devoted her life to cleaning up Tar Creek by holding Cherokee values and her kinship with the land at the front of her battle to save our precious waterways.
The red wolf is the most endangered wolf species in the world and it holds significant cultural value to the Cherokee people. Learn about our tribal connection to this species and how conservationists are working to save the red wolf from extinction.
The Saline Courthouse is the last remaining original district courthouse built by the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. In this Cherokee Almanac we learn about three murders that occurred near the Saline Courthouse and how what came to be known as the Saline Massacre is a mystery that may never be solved.
In this Cherokee Language Lesson, we join Gasila and Sinasd as they clean up a creek.
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