ASHEVILLE, N.C.— In a field on the outskirts of Cherokee stands a nondescript mound about 6 feet high, covered in grass and flanked by woods and mountains. Though it appears to be little more than a rise in the land, it is a sacred site for the native people of the Carolina mountains: Kituwah, the […]
“When I asked him about the Cherokee connection to the outdoors, [Tom Belt] started out by breaking down the constructs in the question,” says Giles Morris, co-publisher for TuckReader.com. “What is the outdoors, anyway? Is it nature? Outside? The Wilderness? ‘There is no Cherokee word for wilderness. We have no concept of that,’ Belt said. ‘What white people call wilderness is our home. We are a part of it and it is a part of us.’ …
