Dadeville Kiwanis Club members learn about Cherokee culture

Donald Campbell / The Outlook

Ron Slyfox Messer holds up a pizlie during last Thursday’s meeting of the Dadeville Kiwanis Club, explaining how it would be used in ceremonial circles in place of a spear.

 Kenneth S. Boone

The Dadeville Kiwanis Club welcomed Ron Slyfox Messer to its weekly meeting last Thursday, learning more about the culture and heritage of the Cherokee people, of which Messer is a proud member.

Messer began his presentation by speaking in the Cherokee language, telling the Kiwanians, “I am Cherokee. I am a member of the Paint Clan (one of the seven clans of the Cherokee people). My ‘white man’s’ name is Ron Messer.”

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