Nov. 29—CUMBERLAND — Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, played host to an all-American sport Saturday. No, not baseball. Not football or basketball, either.
The dozens of Cherokee men who took the field Saturday were there to play stickball, an ancient, Native American sport and the centerpiece of the Braves' four-hour celebration of Cherokee culture, dubbed Cherokee Traditions at Truist Park.
Along the stadium concourse, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, one of three federally-recognized Cherokee tribes, sold sage, hand-woven belts, dreamcatchers, language books and more.