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Presented by Mark Warren, “The Forest’s Gifts of Food: Medicine and Craft As Practiced By the Native Americans” demonstrates the valuable lessons and skills regarding how the Indigenous inhabitants of the Southeast used native plants for food, medicine, insect repellent, craft, and fire.Mark Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Georgia. At Medicine Bow, his nationally renowned wilderness school in the mountains of Dahlonega, GA, he teaches nature classes and primitive survival skills. In 1980, The National Wildlife Federation named him Georgia’s Conservation Educator of the Year. In 1998 Mark became the U.S. National Champion in whitewater canoeing, and in 1999 he won the World Championship Longbow title.
Mark has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines and has researched Western frontier history for more than 50 years presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He has 18 traditionally published books. He has been honored by the Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, The New Mexico – Arizona Book Awards, and in 2022 Mark was honored with a Georgia Author of the Year Award for his book Song of the Horseman (Literary Fiction Finalist.)
This event is free and open to the public.
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650 College Dr, Dalton, GA, United States, Georgia 30720
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