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About Us
 The Native Center came about as the dream of founder "Momfeather" Erickson, a Cherokee Elder raised in a traditional family in eastern Kentucky.
Visiting Mantle Rock in 2001, she heard the spirits of the ancestors directing her to bring the scattered People back to this area as part of the long-awaited "Regathering."
The Center opened on Main Street in Marion in December 2002. The local community, which includes many whose ancestors escaped the Removal to Oklahoma, has wholeheartedly embraced the Center and its work.
The Mantle Rock Native Education and Cultural Center is a non-profit foundation with 501(c)(3) status. Membership is open to all regardless of ethnic background.
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Muhammad
Abdussabur
Architect
Boston, MA
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Greg
Antinucci
Investment Consultant
Chicago, IL |
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Dennis
Banks
(Anishinabe)
Federal Dam, MN
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Pete
Carlson
Producer
Hot Springs, AR |
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Rep.
Mike Cherry
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Princeton, KY
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Mike
Crabtree
Tourism official
Marion, KY |
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Dan
Creeley
Northeast Illinois University
Des Plaines, IL
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Claudia
Eisenmann
North Dakota |
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Rep.
J. R. Gray
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Benton, KY
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Sequoyah
Guess
(United Keetoowah Band)
NAGPRA Liaison
Kansas, OK |
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Ted
Herrera
(Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Huichol) Tribal
President
San Antonio, TX
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Sandy
Houston
(Cherokee Nation)
Tahlequah, OK |
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Virgil
January, Ph.D.
(Cherokee)
Clifton
Park, FL
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Tracey
Jordan, Ph.D.
Smithland, KY |
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Choogie
Kingfisher
(United Keetoowah Band)
Educator, Artist
Tahlequah, OK
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Fred
Knowles, Ph.D.
Educator
Valdosta, GA |
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Lavonna
Lovern, Ph.D.
Educator
Valdosta, GA
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Ann
L Leslie
Artist, Writer
Lake In The Hills, IL |
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Margaret
Manchell
(Cherokee Nation/ Shawnee)
Salina, OK
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Kay
McCollum
Executive Director,
Kentucky's Western Waterways
Grand Rivers, KY |
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Steve
McCullough
(Rosebud Sioux)
Bicknell, IN
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Jim
Myers
Tourism Official
Marion, KY |
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Bob
Nitch
(Seneca Nation)
Educator, Museum Director
Orange Park, FL
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Chief
Leon Secretaro
(Cañoncito Navajo)
Tahajili, NM |
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Matt
Sherman
Prison Outreach
Lancaster, OH
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Jon
Sweeney
Producer
Duxbury, MA |
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Cynthia
Walker
CEO, Friends of Indigenous Elders
Placitas, NM
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Russ
Young, Ph.D.
Museum Advisor
NM |
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