A Road Trip to the First Americans Along the Atlantic Coast

My journey from the Deep South to New England to learn about the people of the First Nations

A tableau at the Museum of the Cherokee People depicting three Cherokee chiefs as they prepare to depart South Carolina for London in 1762. Photo by author.

For many native peoples of the First Nations in North America, belonging to a clan is essential. Clans order their societies through various familial ties, usually a connection to their matrilineal ancestry…