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The Bankhead Movement
Rickey Butch Walker with Present Tense Producer Anne Markham Bailey in the offices of Wild South in Moulton, Alabama.
To learn more about Walker and his books:
Jicarilla Apache Chief James A. Garfield, whose grandson blessed sacred sites in the Bankhead National Forest, a spiritual action that infused the movement.
Ruth Manasco is an artist, teacher, conservationist and elder in the Blue Clan of the Echota Cherokee. She is the much loved heart of Dancing Rabbit Pottery studio. Ruth was part of the years-long efforts to have the Sipsey declared Wilderness in 1974, and was part of the movement to save the Bankhead National Forest in the 80’s and 90’s.
The Big Tree
Women of the Sipsey
