File:Kituwah Historical Marker, Ela, NC (45922084404).jpg

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Description This is the site of Kituwah, the original settlement and one of the “seven mother towns” of the Cherokee nation in the southeastern United States, located in the bottomlands along the Tuckaseigee River at Ela in Swain County. The site is home to an ancient earthwork mound, likely built by the Mississippian Mound-building culture around 1000 years ago. After the Cherokee culture and identity developed in the region a few centuries later, they held the site in high regard as being sacred, and built a structure atop the mound that housed their sacred flame, kept burning in perpetuity. The inhabitants of the town held great economic, social, and cultural influence over all the “Middle Town” settlements along the Tuckaseigee River and Little Tennessee River. The town was destroyed, along with most of the “Lower Towns” many of the other “Middle Towns” during the Anglo-Cherokee War between 1758 and 1761 by British General James Grant, with the inhabitants scattered to the west, settling at Mialoquo on the Little Tennessee River in modern-day Monroe County, a Tennessee. The town remained part of Cherokee Territory until the 1830s, when they were forced to cede the land to the United States. The area was home to agriculture for the following approximately 160 years, which led to the mound being plowed over and mechanically eroded away, reducing its height to five feet. In 1996, the site was purchased by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, with archaeological investigations being done, finding a high density of artifacts at the site. The site’s future permanent use is still undetermined, but a consensus has been reached that it should be compatible with the sacred nature of the site.
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Source Kituwah Historical Marker, Ela, NC
Author Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States
Camera location35° 26′ 19.34″ N, 83° 24′ 07.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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