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Bryson City

Bryson City, Passage to the Great Smokies 

Demographics of Bryson City, from City-Data.com
History of the Town of Bryson City 
Swain County Links and Swain County History Links 

History of Bryson City DEAD LINK? 

Swain County Economic Development: A Resource For Small Businesses 

Swain County info 

Directory of Businesses in the Swain Co. Area
Yahoo Yellow Pages for Bryson City, located in the Yahoo Bryson City page 
Swain County High School home page, and profiles of Swain Co. Schools 
Randolf House Country Inn 

Cherokee

History of the Cherokee 
A fine article on the history of Qualla Boundary, from a page called Our People, Our History.
Cherokee By Blood, a site with much useful culture and history.
When Cherokee were Cherokee: an attempt to discover pre-Removal ways of the Cherokee Nation.
Cherokee Alphabet and pronunciation guide.
Cherokee and genealogy links, and Cherokee Surnames 
More Cherokee Links and Indian Legends 
About Cherokee, NC.
A collection of digitized Southeastern Native American Documents 
Hub of the Choctaw and Cherokee Proud  Webring.
A page on Cherokee Food, from the official page of the Cherokee Nation.
Another page of Indian recipes, sorted by region.  "Southeast" is halfway down the first column.
Not Cherokee, but relevant to the game: Information on the Catawba nation and current contact info.

For the same reasons, brief info on the Blackfoot Nation.  And the Official Site of the nation. And an NPS publication.

Cave Links

Appalachian Caverns Foundation 

Western Kentucky University Karst Studies Group  

The Underground World of Caves 

American Cave Conservation Museum & Hidden River Cave 

NC Geology FAQ 
Reed Gold Mine  

Mountains
AlltheSmokies.com has general info on the area.
Background information for the Smokies.
National Park Service page for the Great Smoky Mountains.
Another Great Smoky Mountains website.
Life Zones is a look a the flora of the mountains.
A report on the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forest type by the World Wildlife Fund.
Trees of Western North Carolina  
A page for the Nantahala National Forest, which is just south of the caern.
A guide to the trees seen on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Checklists for the Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
Glass Hand Caern Site
North Shore Road Environmental Impact Statement.  Where (and whether) to build an access road on the north side of Fontana Lake is controversial enough to warrant a large (and for my purposes, very useful) report on historical, natural, and cultural resources of the area surrounding the caern.
Pictures of the Road to Nowhere, tunnel, and nearby Noland Creek.
Fire and Observation Towers
This Fort Mountain State Park site includes a picture of a stone fire tower somewhat similar to the tower at the caern.
National Historic Lookout Register includes a few interesting stone towers.

Sun and Moon

This being a game about werewolves, it would be quite useful to know what phase the moon is on at any given date.  
Moon Phase Calendar that displays phases by month.Also, current moon phase, and moon phase calendar, blue moon calculator/FAQ, and one more moon phase calendar. Oh, and yet one more.
Sunrise/Sunset data  
Focus on Luna in the page titled Inconstant Moon.
General North Carolina
Carolina Corner -- links for the ten northwestern counties in North Carolina. Be sure to scroll down to the text.
Western North Carolina's Area Attractions & Travel Guide 
Appalachian Folk Tales, Lore, and Storytelling 
Related articles from thriller-writer Scott Nicholson.
Wild Turkey 
Wild Turkey Profile.  Also, a site on  Turkey Hunting which includes various sounds.
How to make a wing bone turkey call.  And a brief look at other calls and how to use them.
Wild Turkey Habitat 
Scholarship
Hargrett Rare Book Library 
Fontana Regional Library 
Frank H. McClung Museum at UT
A collection of Schools and Colleges
Western Carolina University in Cullowee, with Online Visitor Center.
Research Laboratories of Archeology at Chapel Hill.
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Mystic 

Georgia Sacred Mysteries 

The Book of Werewolves 
Sacred Sound Tools, and a brief article on Bullroarers. And a more scientific look at Aboriginal instruments.
Keetoowah Society: some ideas on traditional Cherokee religion.
Gaia's Healing Hands: A Werewolf guide to awakening crystals, rocks, and metals.
Herb Lore
Traditional Herb and Plant Knowledge: featuring many links on the subject.
Herbal Folklore from  KillerPlants.com.
Alternative Nature Online Herbal.
Native American Ethnobotany Database: database of foods, drugs, dyes, fibers and other uses of plants (over 44,000 items). This represents uses by 291 Native American groups of 4,029 species from 243 different plant families. 
Botanical.com: Home of an electronic version of A Modern Herbal
Ayla's Herbs: lists and information about plants used in the Earth's Children novels (Clan of the Cave Bear, etc). 
Wild Food!: learn about foraging.
  Smudgables
Sacred "Grasses": Brief look at Sage, Tobacco, Cedar, and Sweetgrass. Also, how to Smudge.
About Sweetgrass; includes links to sellers and information on growing it yourself.
Growing Tobacco, Sage and Sweetgrass in Appalachia. 
A page on the plants used for smudging.

Miscellaneous

Employment info for the USFS, including basic job descriptions.
North Carolina Historic Sites 
Links about North Carolina Archeology 
A web site for Prince Madoc's fabled journey to America.
Masons of North Carolina 
Franklin Chamber of Commerce 
Canton home page 
List of pollutants and toxic wastes, from the EPA.
Bad Corp: where truth inspires fiction.
Links to Call of Cthulhu, which may give you some insight into the darker results of the Uktena's propensity for "learning too much."
Kanane'sgi's Uktena Lodge 
Rage Across Oregon.

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