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Trees, roots and ancestors; the seen and unseen connections that nourish our relationships with one another, to the earth, and the world around us.” A resident of Maryland, Annette is no stranger to Franklin. Her PopPop was Forest Ranger John Wasilik Jr. in Macon County. Her dad, Jack Wasilik, graduated from Franklin HS. As a child, Annette and her … Continue reading Summers on West Rogers Street
Through genius Sequoyah, the Cherokee people developed literacy and literature in the early 19th century. Cherokee literacy and literary production continued in the Eastern Band up to the work of Will West Long (died 1947). Recently, with the work of major language scholars of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, literacy and literary production has increased. … Continue reading Contemporary Cherokee Language Literacy
The musings of a 27-year veteran of the classroom and advocacy front.
Join us as we celebrate AAPI month learning more about George Masa and our region.George Masa’s Wild Vision recounts the incredible, overlooked life of the photographer George Masa.Self-taught photographer George Masa (born Masahara Iizuka in Osaka, Japan), arrived in Asheville, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century amid a period of great transition in … Continue reading George Masa’s Wild Vision: A Japanese Immigrant Imagines WNC
