{"id":2746,"date":"2011-06-27T16:13:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalheritage.org\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:20:53","slug":"cherokees-in-macon-county-history-and-folklore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/2011\/06\/27\/cherokees-in-macon-county-history-and-folklore\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherokees in Macon County History and Folklore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2761\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2761\" title=\"Painting of Trail of Tears\" src=\"http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of Trail of Tears\" width=\"620\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears-1080x716.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Painting-2-of-Trail-of-Tears.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting of Trail of Tears,<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Grade Level: Grades 3,4,5<\/p>\n<p>Subjects: Math, English, Social Studies, Computer Technology and Information Skills<\/p>\n<p>By Mary Lynn Duncan<\/p>\n<p>Cowee Elementary School &#8211; Macon County Schools<\/p>\n<p>In the beautiful mountains and valleys of southwestern North Carolina, Macon County was once the center of the Cherokee Nation. The area was rich in scenery, wildlife, gems and minerals, and all the resources of the Little Tennessee River. Once the Cherokee Nation flourished in Macon County, and now we are left with its legacy. On this website, intermediate level elementary students will explore the history and folklore of the Cherokees in Macon County, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Cherokees in Macon County History and Folklore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ercwc.org\/lessonplans\/duncan\/\">View this lesson plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/for-teachers-3\/\"> Click Here for More Information on Using DigitalHeritage.org in the Classroom <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beautiful mountains and valleys of southwestern North Carolina, Macon County was once the center of the Cherokee Nation. The area was rich in scenery, wildlife, gems and minerals, and all the resources of the Little Tennessee River. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-5","category-english-language-arts","category-information-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8786,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions\/8786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}