Creek Traditions with Bobby Johns

The history of the Muscogee Creek people through the 1830s and the Indian Removals is well documented. But what happened after the Trail of Tears?  Some South Georgia families  preserve an oral  history which is unknown to most outsiders.  This program has the story of Bobby Johns, a South Georgia native whose family has continued Creek traditions for generations. Special thanks to Bobby Johns and Jan Rosenberg.  The Sounds of South Georgia is  made possible with support from Valdosta State University, and from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. 

Photo:  Bobby Johns, born and raised in South Georgia, stands in his Pensacola, Florida, home with the cypress knee carving of his clan uncle, 2005. 

Photo by Laurie Kay Sommers