

Great Sites, Part 4: Cherokee Housing 1710
Osiyo. In this segment, we are going to learn about Cherokee housing, circa 1710, at Diligwa Village at the Cherokee Heritage Center in...


Great Sites, Part 3: Cherokee Heritage Center
Nestled in a thick forest, the Cherokee Heritage Center showcases Cherokee culture and history. A short, pleasant drive brings you to...


Great Sites, Part 2: Tahlequah
visiting the Cherokee Judicial Museum and the old prison [Part 1], we drove up to Park hill to see the John Ross Museum [Video of Grand...


Great Sites, Part 1: Tahlequah
To get a good feel for Cherokee culture and history, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, is a great place to visit. It is located in the heart of...


Shavano Valley Petroglyphs, Part 5: Reading the Signs
Up until his death in 2000, LaVan Martineau devoted over forty years to unlocking the secrets behind the petroglyph (and pictograph)...


Shavano Valley Petroglyphs, Part 4: Curiosities
This week I want to share with you some of the more curious petroglyphs at the Shavano Valley Petroglyph site near Montrose, Colorado....


Shavano Valley Petroglyphs, Part 3: The Bear Dance
The Bear panel at Shavano Valley Petroglyph site near Montrose, Colorado, is an intriguing example of Ute symbolism. The panel...


Shavano Valley Petroglyphs, Part 1: Tunnel Cave
A few miles northeast of Montrose, Colorado, canyon walls look down on fertile Shavano Valley. Pecked onto the patina of Dakota...


Cherokee Fables: What the Stars are Like
This week the sky provided us with wondrous things to observe. Sunday was this year’s “Supermoon” which is the first full moon when the...

Cherokee Fables: The Moon And The Thunders
The Sun was a young woman and lived in the East, while her brother, the Moon. lived in the West. The girl had a lover who used to come...