Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/10/2024
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Bowen Arts Center
Categories
Join the Dawson County Woman’s Club and The Bowen Center for the Arts for a presentation – History of Native People in Southern Appalachia – by renowned author and educator, Mark Warren.
This program reveals how the land of Southern Appalachia dictated the lifestyle of the people who first inhabited it. The mountains, the plants, the animals, and the geology all played their parts. The daily life of early people was guided by an intimacy and reverence for nature that our present white culture has not tried to emulate. The result of this oversight is revealed in our lack of understanding about the forest and in the careless treatment of the environment.
Show-and-tell items will be presented to share with the audience. Learn about early crafts, weapons, hunting techniques, philosophies, clothing, tools, foods, medicines, and games. Appropriate for ages 9 to 109, and especially for those who have an interest in the Native American history of the land we call home here in North Georgia. School groups are welcome.
Mark Warren is owner/operator of the nationally renowned Medicine Bow Wilderness School in Dahlonega, GA. He has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines. He lectures on Native American history and survival skills, and Western Frontier History presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He is the author of fifteen traditionally published books, including Secrets of the Forest (a four volume series on nature and primitive skills), the award-winning trilogy, Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey, and Song of the Horseman which earned him a 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Award (Finalist—Literary Fiction).
All of Mark’s books will be available for sale and signing following the lecture. Visit his website at medicinebow.net and follow him on social media @markwarrenbooks.