Culture & Travel

At its heart, The Language of Life invites readers to reconsider relationship itself: not as ownership or dominance, but as care, stewardship, and mutual presence. These themes will feel familiar to many within Cherokee communities, where listening before speaking and honoring connection have always mattered.

This video features a PowerPoint presentation by James A. Humphrey, delivered to an audience of non–Native American authors, publishers, marketers, and literary agents. Humphrey, an author and beginning learner of the Cherokee language, shares insights intended to support understanding and respectful engagement with Cherokee culture and perspectives. The author has granted permission for this video to be viewed and downloaded by entities with prior authorization from Mr. Hump

As former long-time president of the Goingsnake District Heritage Association, I would like to call a reorganization meeting for the Association. It will take place at 10 a.m. at the John F. Henderson Public Library in Westville on Saturday, January 17th. There are a number of people who are committed to reviving the organization to see that it continues for many more years in the future.

Mitchell, a fifth-generation Collinsville native and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, owns and operates Caddy Corner Consignment & Boutique, a consignment clothing boutique on West Main Street. She also serves on the board of a local no-kill animal shelter. During the discussion, Mitchell and Watts traced shared family connections through the Crutchfield line, whose roots in the area date back generations.

Wayland Smalley, gardener, educator, and longtime advocate for soil-first land stewardship, has released his newest book, The Cycle: Pile, Plant, Protect, Pick, a practical and reflective work that blends gardening wisdom with lessons for life, leadership, and community.

presentation by James A. Humphrey, author of the Cherokee Trilogy—historical novels following a fictional Cherokee family through pivotal moments in Tsalagi history, from the era of Doublehead, Old Tassel, and John Watts through Removal, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.