A good way. But to make sure that we have adequate time for everyone. So when you get to five minutes left, i have a fiveminute card and i will lay it up so you can see it and then three minutes and one minute so you can see where you are. So we have time for everyone. Im going to introduce each panelist as they come forward, because i found if you introduce them all at once people forget who they are. So i will begin with our first panelist who is john f. Polk. He received his ph. D. In mathematics from the the university of delaware in 1979. He served three years in the army, including a tour in vietnam. He is retired from a 45year career as a scientist and Senior Adviser of International Research collaboration at the u. S. Army research laboratory, aberdeen proving ground, maryland. He is currently the clan historian for clan pollock international and publishes short articles on Family History in the clan news letter. He has published two backs on historical topics, beyond damned qu
Im stan deaton with the georgia historical society, and were so glad that youve joined us today for our special program. We are joined by dr. Andrew denson western Carolina University. The theme of this years Georgia History festival is about the importance of place in georgia, and were going to be really focusing today on the experience of the cherokee people in Georgia History. What happened to them and the way that georgians have remembered their history and their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. I want to welcome dr. Denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. Thanks, dan. Its a really good to talk with you all. Let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. Hes a professor of history at western Carolina University where he teaches courses on native american and United States history. He participates in their Cherokee Studies Program as you might expect he is the author of this book pub
Welcome to our program in the Historical Society and we are so glad you joined us today. The theme of this years festival is the importance of place in georgia and we are going to focus on the experience of the cherokee people, the way georgians remembered their experience coming all the way up. Thank you for being here. Professor ofol history on native american and American History and author published by the North Carolina press. As i mentioned, the theme of the festival for 2021, the changing landscape. Geography, history and community where the land Shape Community and people over time so lets Start Talking about cherokee. Not too far from where i am today and where i work here, close to the cherokee homeland but it includes parts of georgia now and theres a geographical shift, cherokee lost land and it is now part of North Carolina, there was aou shift of things moving but its now significant when the Cherokee National is placed near calhoun so it includes cherokee territory and p
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