Today is a collaboration between A Place Called Poarch and Poarch Stories. Today, we're starting a series of conversations about land and its importance to Native Americans. Over the next few episodes, we'll discuss different perspectives on how the land is used today.
[1:16] - Megan explains the Poarch Community's land.
[2:10] - Land is part of Native American people.
[4:10] - To Brandy, the land is like genealogy to Native American people.
[6:30] - The Creek Nation occupied all of Georgia, most of Alabama, and parts of Tennessee and Florida.
[8:24] - Stick ball helped settle land disputes between neighboring tribes.
[12:50] - The federal government put land in trust to federally recognized tribes.
[14:35] - Lynn McGee was the oldest patriarch of the Poarch community.
[22:11] - Land grants came about after the Creek War.
[25:13] - Poarch Creek has a checkerboard reservation.
[27:00] - The Fire Department has a larger jurisdiction than the Police Department.
[30:25] - There have been a lot of lawsuits with timber companies.
[32:39] - The idea of ownership didn't exist until Europeans came here.
[34:25] - A communal mindset is what sets Native Americans apart.
[40:09] - Billy explains the different sections of land.
[48:06] - We have a lot more culture ingrained in us than we realize.
Books:
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt
