July 2018
Your Name in Cherokee
"ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ" Not a familiar word? Unless you read Cherokee, you may not recognize it; however, visitors to the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center will hear the words - which mean Welcome" - at the museum this summer. Although considered by some to be endangered, the written Cherokee language dates back to the early 1800's. It was developed over a period of 12 years by Cherokee native, Sequoyan, who began the process in 1809. By the 1900's the language was widely…
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Survival Skills of the Hatteras Tribe, and other Carolina and Virginia Algonquins - a lecture and demonstration at the Frisco Native American Museum, Friday, July 27th at 1 p.m. - on Hatteras Island - Free with Museum admission. Come meet Bill McConnell from Past Skills Wilderness School in Montana. You may have watched him on "Dual Survival" on the Discovery Channel. McConnell is what's called a primitive survivalist, according to his bio on the "Dual Survival" website. He started wilderness training when…
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