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The “Telling Mountain Stories” folk life series will continue at Western Carolina University on Wednesday, April 4, with a presentation by Cherokee language traditionalist Nannie Taylor.
The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Mountain Heritage Center auditorium.
“Nannie Taylor plays an important role in helping to keep the Cherokee language alive,” said Suzanne McDowell, museum curator. “A fluent native speaker, she has assisted in the HeadStart program, in the elementary school and in Cherokee language immersion classes, and she is currently developing an after-school language club for the Cherokee Youth Center, where her translations will be used.”
Taylor’s family includes several fluent speakers of the Cherokee language, and her presentation will include some songs she has written for children.
The Mountain Heritage Center is joining with Philip Coyle of WCU’s ethnography laboratory; Tom Hatley, Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies; and WCU’s Office of the Provost in presenting the “Telling Mountain Stories” series. The April 4 program was organized by Janette Irene Moser, visiting instructor in WCU’s department of anthropology and sociology.
The Mountain Heritage Center is located on the ground floor of WCU’s H.F. Robinson Administration Building. For more information, call (828) 227-7129 or visit www.wcu.edu/mhc on the Web.