Lamar Marshall, known among the Cherokee as Nanohe Dewatiski, or trail finder, has spent more than a decade mapping the ancient trails once traveled by Native American communities. His mission is ...

Lamar Marshall, also known as Nanohe Dewatiski, dedicates his life to mapping and preserving Cherokee trails, connecting modern generations with their ancestors' sacred paths.

For the last eight years, Marshall has been following in the footsteps of the Cherokee along trails that once linked dozens of their ancient towns along this river and across Western North Carolina.