At the recent inter-tribal gathering at Fort Yargo State Park, western and eastern tribes danced and sang the old songs, shared the old legends from the time before white settlers came from across the ocean from Europe and the British Isles.
Creek and Cherokee who once hunted at Fort Yargo, were present along with Aztecs, Sioux , Cheyenne and others.
Larry Mindler,a mixed blood Cherokee known as 'Otter', said look across Georgia, look at her people.
"In the state of Georgia, about 30 percent of the people that live in the state of Georgia have some native blood in them," he said.
Mindler said he wants everyone to know of the people who once dwelled at Fort Yargo and the rest of the state; he wants the history and the culture to continue, the legends to be shared, the dances to be danced, and the songs to be sung.
Mindler hopes Native American descendents will gather again at Fort Yargo, where he says the story of the Native American people returned to the park with public support.
"We are still here," Mindler said.
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