Panther's Lodge

"Once there was none to listen. . . now there are few who care to speak. . . ."

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Welcome to Panther's Lodge! This Web site contains pages on Cherokee and Choctaw history, Native American genetics, and Our Family History, a genealogy site begun in 1998 devoted to genealogy of our Southern families. My main interests are Cherokee chiefs' lines going back to Black Fox, my 6th-great-grandfather, and the deep history of the Cherokee and other Indians of the Southeast. Here you will also find links to ongoing research on Melungeons and crypto-Jews in Scotland, colonial U.S. history, American Indian genetics, and links to discussion papers and forthcoming publications. For my books check out the growing list.

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