Members of the Franklin Town Council, the Noquisi Initiative and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians gather following the council’s approval Jan. 5 of a resolution authorizing the transfer of the Noquisiyi Mound to the EBCI.
The Noquisiyi Mound pictured on Jan. 5 in East Franklin. “It’s a really meaningful moment for us, and I can’t wait to see where the collaboration and the future partnership of Noquisiyi goes from here,” said Angelina Jumper on the Franklin Town Council’s vote authorizing the mound be returned to the EBCI.
After 200 years, the Noquisiyi Mound is being returned to the Cherokee people.
In what was referred to as a historic, meaningful moment, the Franklin Town Council unanimously approved a reso...
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