The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina reclaimed a key part of its history on Monday.
The tribe bought a 71-acre site that contains Cowee Mound, one of the undisturbed Indians mounds in the state. Cowee was the tribe's economic hub and was home to a Cherokee village until the late 1700s.
The tribe worked with the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee River to purchase the site from a private owner.
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Reclaiming their land
(The Asheville Citizen-Times 4/24)
Relevant Links:
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians -
http://www.cherokee-nc.comEastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, site 2 -
http://www.nc-cherokee.comEastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, unofficial -
http://www.easternband.com
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee River -
http://www.ltlt.org
