Cherokee Youth Council leaders visit UT

by Aug 6, 2014COMMUNITY sgadugi, Front Page0 comments

The Cherokee Youth Council is shown with University of Tennessee staff (left-right) during a tour of Neyland Stadium: front row – Dr. Gerald Schroedl, Evelyn Cotterman, Dallas Bennett, Louwana Montelongo, Kara Welch; back row – Roger Clapp, Jullian Rubio, Hope Long, Simon Montelongo, Jacob Long, and Trevor Cagle.   (Photo by Sky Sampson/Cherokee Youth Council)

The Cherokee Youth Council is shown with University of Tennessee staff (left-right) during a tour of Neyland Stadium: front row – Dr. Gerald Schroedl, Evelyn Cotterman, Dallas Bennett, Louwana Montelongo, Kara Welch; back row – Roger Clapp, Jullian Rubio, Hope Long, Simon Montelongo, Jacob Long, and Trevor Cagle. (Photo by Sky Sampson/Cherokee Youth Council)

 

The Cherokee Youth Council visited the University of Tennessee this week to discover the culture represented on campus. The trip included a tour of Neyland Stadium the Thompson-Boling Arena, a lecture in Cherokee anthropology and fish weirs, a visit to the McClung Museum, and a special visit to the historical mound and Cherokee traditional plants garden right on campus.  “Our youth discovered many special opportunities available at the University and they enjoyed seeing their tribe represented there,” said Sky Sampson, Cherokee Youth Council program manager.

– Cherokee Youth Council