Perch Lake

“Back in the old days it was a matriarchal society . . .”

… The women were very vocal in the council, in the home, and they owned the land. As a Cherokee woman, I believe that the world is mine.”

~Joely Queen, in Project 562 by Matika Wilbur

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This place is on the traditional territory of the Wahpekute and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations. (Crowdsourced info compiled by Native-Land.ca. Please visit the nations’ websites to learn more.) We support indigenous land rights and the Land Back movement.

 

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