Carolina Quotes
I always think about my old ancestors, and I ought to just keep going and keep making pottery and teaching others to make pottery.
Amanda Swimmer Carolinian
Source
North Carolina Arts Council Folklife Program, 2009; quoted in the Cherokee One Feather, February 1, 2018
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- North Carolina Arts Council Folklife Program
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- 2009
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