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Podcast: This Is Nashville
Episode: Rebroadcast: Exploring Middle Tennessee’s native roots and what it means to be indigenous
Description: In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, This Is Nashville is rebroadcasting an episode about local indigenous communities.
Nashville has a rich indigenous history that dates back to the last ice age, as well as a small but vibrant Native American community that is working to gain recognition and resources in Middle Tennessee.
The first people to inhabit the area that is now modern Nashville were Native Americans who arrived here about 14,000 years ago. During the Mississippian period they built farms, villages and even cities – all decades before contact with European settlers.
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