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Cherokee 2006

In October, Piedmont's eighth graders traveled to Cherokee, North Carolina, as part of our interdisciplinary unit, Native Americans: Fact and Fiction.  We stopped at Kings Mountain National Military Park on the way and while in Cherokee, explored both the Oconoluftee Indian Village and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.  Before returning home, students tried their luck panning for gemstones and donated a 50% cut of their gemstone profits to eighth grade Piedmont teachers - we wish.  Upon returning, many students participated in court cases arguing whether it is right or wrong to use Native American stereotypes to promote economic industries like tourism and professional sports.

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