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