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Embracing Heritage: Journey Through Cherokee Nation

Explore the rich history of the Cherokee Nation through the lens of a Talking Rock resident, touching on key landmarks and events that shaped their identity. Immerse yourself in the picturesque landscapes, struggles, and triumphs of a resilient community.

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Embracing Heritage: Journey Through Cherokee Nation

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  1. Where I’m From in GALILEO Talking Rock

  2. I am from "Nunyu-gunwaniski," the rock that talks, the Talking Rock, from the Cherokee Nation and the weathered logs of an empty barn.

  3. I am from mountains like centipedes, letters spelling Pickens across an orange county

  4. I am from the marble,

  5. the cotton,

  6. the wool,

  7. and a cluster of roads

  8. I am from the Ball Creek ballgames, brothers struggling for dominance, from Cherokee Sanderstown to Atherton mills,

  9. I am from the Federal Road and the railroad,

  10. From the forced removal

  11. and the half-remaining chimney.

  12. hotel keepers and cavalry, I am from millers and missionaries, Cherokee children and hardly anyone left

  13. the mission school and the Newman stockade, I'm from 1805, grist for the mill to be made into bread

  14. the end of an era, and the end of cotton. From the end of the war

  15. I am from Vanishing Georgia, pictures of people and places,

  16. Familiar names with long ago faces,

  17. learning that history makes us.

  18. Credits • Project: Brilliant Teacher’s 6th Grade Class, Talking Rock School, 2010 • All Resources Used Via GALILEO • Britannica High School http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/link?dbs=zehs • Georgia Info http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/link?dbs=gnfo • Georgia’s Virtual Vault, State Archives, http://content.sos.state.ga.us/u?/gadeaths,148784 • New Georgia Encyclopedia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3235 • Vanishing Georgia, multiple items http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/link?dbs=vang

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