Dr. Gregory d. Smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native American History, hes the author of several books including the cherokee diaspora an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity, about which greg spoke here a few years ago. And his newest book on the subject of todays lecture, native southerners indigenous history from origins to remov removal. So please give a warm welcome to our friend, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region. Members of the powotan chiefdom and the chicohomonie people. Thank you to Graham Dozier who organized todays lecture. Thank you very much. Its much appreciated and its lovely to be back here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. I hope i got that right. Im going to begin today by talking just a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. This is a piece by chief terry saul. Hes a was hes pas
Chair keep,orical maps, storytelling, and pictures to explore my friday of people identify with the Cherokee Nation. Mr. Smithers according to the u. S. Census, nearly one million americans self identify as cherokee. Wherever someone travels in the united states, they will likely someone in their family tree who identifies as cherokee. Trouble as far as scotland, australia, and someone will claim to have cherokee for ers. Ers forbear Gregory Smithers reveals for the first time the diaspora of the cherokee people. He takes readers back to the 18th and 19th century to recover the importance of migration, land, choosing, and culture and language into defining what it means to be cherokee while living in diaspora. The story is a remarkable one, filled with bravery, innovation, and resilience. Gregory smithers is associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university. His research and writing focuses on history of native americans and African American people since the 18th centu
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