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Category: Native American History

10-5-21

Following the Seams: The Nancy Reece Story

This story originally appeared in the Summer 2021 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. by Annabeth Hayes and Amanda McCrary Smith In June, the Museum opened a new self-guided tour and online exhibition, Tennessee at 225: Highlights from the Collection, to commemorate Tennessee’s 225 years of statehood. While each of the 100 objects we chose for the tour tells a story, looking closely at one, Nancy Reece’s sampler (TN225 artifact No. 18), illust... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Native American History Native Americans

9-8-21

'Mastodons to Mississippians' Explores Middle Tennessee's Ancient Past

On our Videos page, watch a video of Aaron Deter-Wolf, prehistoric archaeologist with the Tennessee Division of Archaeology, discussing the story of the saber-tooth discovery in downtown Nashville, and what new scientific research reveals about the lives and diets of ice age predators.  by Maria Browning for Chapter16.org The remote past of the place we now call Nashville has been the source of a fair share of fanciful lore, from a hoax about an antediluvian human giant (i... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Native American History Native Americans

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