The site of the original settlement of the Cherokee, the Kituwah mound, was thought lost for centuries. In her moving retelling of the efforts to reclaim the tribe’s land, former Chief Joyce Dugan and fellow tribe members foreground the spiritual, emotional, and social impact of Kituwah’s legacy. This is the story of how the Cherokee finally took their “land back.”

As of 2019, the San Antonio Metro Region in Texas leads the US in poverty, with one-in-four children experiencing hunger. The mentoring program “City Kids Adventures” provides San Antonio underserved youth with the opportunity to hunt and harvest wildlife for their families.