Jacob Brown Appalachia

   One of the things I found interesting in Abiding Appalachia was all of the author's references to her Native American heritage. In "Tsali's Return" she references the infamous trail of tears, a forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans. In "Arrows of Laughter Arrows of Love" she mentions Awi Usdi, which is a Cherokee Indian legend about a little deer. Awi Usdi is also mentioned in "The Graphite Queen"