Three IN-PERSON Sessions April 10, 17, 24 Europeans arrived at the Cherokee Nation of Georgia around 1800, displacing the Native Americans, who took refuge in forests and wetlands. Some survived as hunters and gatherers. Some assimilated into the white culture, embraced white farming techniques, or intermarried with Scots Irish immigrants. Contributions to community wellbeing of these Cherokee and their descendants, who survived removal on the Trail of Tears in 1838, continue to present day, as does the physical evidence of their history in Gainesville and Hall County. This three-week course will portray the dissolution of the Cherokee Nation, tell the unheralded story of Hall County Cherokee forebears, and showcase archeological evidence of their historical presence in the community. Margaret Byrd Rasmussen is executive director of Redbud Project: Model for Preservation of Green Space and coordinator of the Longstreet Society 1875 Heritage Landscape. A National Garden Club Environmental Consultant, she is an author, editor and historian with masters degrees in history and education from Univ. of Rochester, Univ. at Buffalo, and Alfred University. Dr. Thomas H. Rasmussen is Alfred University professor emeritus of political science, environmental conservation and social studies. He earned his PhD degree in political science from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and is author of academic monographs, including Mule and Wagon to Automobile: Social Change in North Georgia.