'If Plants Could Talk' Explores Cherokee Nation's Relationship With Nature

From the Bartow History Museum: The Bartow History Museum welcomes Tony Harris to the next Lunch & Learn program at noon Wednesday, April 19.

Harris, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, will present “If Plants Could Talk, a Cherokee Relationship."

His talk will cover how the Cherokee used native plants for medicine, food, shelter, tools, crafts and ceremonial purposes prior to The Trail of Tears.

The lecture is free for members of the museum and included in the price of admission to the museum for non-members.

Tony Harris was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and graduated from Northeastern State University, originally the Cherokee University located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Harris is active in the Cobb County Master Gardeners and Georgia Native Plant Society, and serves as the Vice President of the Georgia Trail of Tears Association. The Bartow History Musuem is located at 4 East Church Street.

For additional information, visit www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.

Image courtesy of Bartow History Museum