May’s Sneak Attack!!! Deer Tigers and Cherokee Culture in the Smoky Mountains

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: The Smoky Mountains

Facts: The Great Smoky Mountains; Sequoya, Ayoka, and the written Cherokee language; the first Cherokee newspaper; Traditional Cherokee games

Animals: Mountain lions, aka deer tigers, aka pumas, aka the mammal with the most names EVER!

Jokes: Cats and mountain lions!

Links for Kids:

Traditional Cherokee Games

Why are the Smoky Mountains Smokey?

Mountain Lion Facts for Kids

Trail of Tears Resources:

https://historyforkids.org/trail-of-tears/

For Our Long-time Storypillar Friends: Today’s episode might sound familiar. That’s because we’ve learned a lot over the past four years and decided to give some of our favorite episodes a fresh sound. We hope you enjoy this brand-sparkling new version with even more catchy music, ridiculous jokes, and silly shenanigans…we made it just for YOU! ❤️

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Episode Refresh Song: Grumpynora

-Pixabay Artists: Music_for_Creators; SergePavkinMusic

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