This year’s Jan Wyatt symposium will be on Friday, June 18 at The Orchard Restaurant Events Barn.  Tickets are $75. 

This year’s symposium, Roots of Wisdom, features a panel of local experts who will share their thoughts and insights on the environmental, cultural, and material importance of river cane.   Over the past several years, various conservancies, educational institutions, and state agencies have collaborated with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians to restore and revitalize this versatile and essential cultural and ecological resource.  

For more information, to purchase tickets, or to become a sponsor call (828) 743-7710, or visit their website at cashiershistoricalsociety.org.