Chief Hicks Given 1st Annual Save The Sacred Sites Award
At the Cherokee Day of Caring in Cherokee, N.C. at the dinner given that evening, Chief Michelle Hicks of the Eastern Band of Cherokee was given the 1st annual Save The Sacred Sites Alliance Award for leadership and strong and vocal support for the protection of the Iotla Site (with burials) near Franklin, N.C. Chief Hicks had been working all day long helping elders and was leaving to work some more on a garden for an elder when Sharon, the founder caught him on the run, and gave him the award. Save The sacred Sites Alliance thanks Chief Hicks, not only for the ancestors that are buried there, but also for fighting to keep this important part of Cherokee history from being destroyed.
Dave for STSSA and our members, staff and board
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