Arlene and John, Thank you for the information. It's good to know there were some efforts to preserve that part of history. I have not done a lot of Cherokee Indian research because my family were Creek. However, it is impossible to study one of the Southeastern tribes without learning about the others. One thing I did discover early on when I began looking into my Creek ancestry was that very little of what really happened was taught in our public schools in Alabama when I came along. We were familiar with a few famous Indian names and the rest of what we "knew" came from Western movies. Mine has been a very eye-opening journey. Evelyn