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Centuries old DeKalb County cave holds Cherokee Indian's secrets

WHNT 19 CBS NE Alabama

Jul 17, 2019

DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. - Almost 200 years after Cherokee Indians lived in DeKalb County, archaeologists and Cherokee scholars have transcribed the writings they left behind in a cave…

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