posted May 29, 2008
WTCI has been selected as one of five PBS stations nationwide to create a local community coalition as part of PBS's American Experience's We Shall Remain, a provocative, multi-media production that establishes Native American history as an essential part of U.S. history.
WTCI is anchoring a coalition that has brought together local organizations including Friends of Moccasin Bend, Hunter Museum of American Art and the Chattanooga History Center. Collaboratively, the organizations are creating public events and programming that will raise awareness of local Native American history and contemporary Native issues, and help foster a dialogue that will extend the message of We Shall Remain, which is slated to air on PBS nationwide in 2009.
As part of the series, a film crew of over 100 people from PBS's American Experience will be in the Chattanooga area from May 29 - June 6 taping segments for this documentary. They will be taping at the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth, New Echota State Park and Red Clay in Cleveland. The segments will help tell the story of the Cherokee's experience when federal troops forced them from their homes as they began their journey on the Trail of Tears. This is the latest example of how WTCI is helping share local stories on a national level.
In conjunction with the broadcast of this national series, WTCI is producing their own local documentary that will go more in depth on the local stories that this region has to share about this tragic event in our country's history. Production work has already begun and will pick up as summer approaches.
A website is being built to companion both the local documentary and the national We Shall Remain series. It will provide historical details on local sites that have important Native American ties. WTCI staff is currently working with the Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association and Friends of Moccasin Bend to make have all the resources available. The website will provide a learning tool for those watching the series, and for teachers to use in their classrooms across the country.
In addition to American Experience, the Chattanooga area will be featured on three episodes of Antiques Roadshow in 2009.
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