Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2014-11-08

Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2014-11-08

American newspapers

Arts

Autobiography

Cherokee language -- Revival

Children's plays, American

Children's stories, Cherokee

Cullowhee (N.C.)

History

Manners and customs

Music

Storytelling

The show begins with Amy recounting the story of how the play "Samantha Bumgarner and the History of Mountain String Music" was produced in 2001 by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia with the 4th graders of Jackson County. The story is accompanied by “The Old Guitar.” On Creative Corner, Doreyl continues her conversation with book artist Frank Brannon of Dillsboro, who talks this week about how he came to be involved with efforts to revitalize the Cherokee language through his printing work. The interview is followed by “Cherokee,” which features the Native American flute. Amy’s guest on Stories of Mountain Folk is Jim Gray, the retired owner of the Sylva Herald. He shares the history of the newspaper and his family’s involvement with publishing the paper. “You’ll Grow Into It” by Terry Edwards follows the interview. On Stories of the Cherokee, Shawn discusses the Cherokee children’s book "The Colored Rabbits", written by Cherokee speaker J.C. Wachacha as part of the Cherokee Children’s Bo

Stories of Mountain Folk - Radio Programs

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

2014-11-08

Brannon, Frank

Cain, Doreyl Ammons

Crowe, Shawn

Edwards, Terry L.

Eye, Winona Cotter

Garza, Amy Ammons

Gray, James Andrew, Jr.

Johnson, Myrtle Driver

Mountain Faith (Musical group)

Rhodes, Judy

Smith, Ron

Tooni, Matthew

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62190

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2014-11-17

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Jackson County (N.C.)

Qualla Boundary

Sylva (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

55 minutes(duration)

Stories of Mountain Folk