Whereas Métis People in the United  States are by and large  a displaced People, with no place to call Home , to refer to as a source of the Métis Heritage and Culture....

The main focus of ASM is to now develope and establish a Métis Center in the SouthEast as a base of operations and fullfillment of purposes....

To provide a place for Métis to participate and share in programs, projects, workshops, seminars, meetings, and social events......

And to provide the seed for other  Métis Centers to take root and grow thru out the United States.

This is the farm house, built circa 1773, shaded by the great White Oak, about 1000 years old, and for which the Center is named

This historic old house and even older oak tree represent two aspects of Métis heritage. The first house  built on this site was around the 1740-50 by some of the earliest settlers in this area,  now part of the Moravian community that began with the Wachovia Purchase in 1752 of almost 100,000 acres. The Moravians came to this country to seek peace and freedom from religious persecution in Europe, and began with good relationships with the Native people here.

The Oak grew up in a clearing or meadow, and hundreds of years before the settlers arrived, may have shaded Native people as they worked, provided acorns which were made into meal, or as it is on a high point, perhaps meetings were held under it's canopy. The Oak has seen a lot, if only it could tell us the stories.

Here is a view of the Oak, if you look carefully you  can see the house in the bottom left corner, behind the lower branch.

Here are a few of the artifacts that have been found here....

Come along as we take a walk and tell you a little about this      Heritage Farm and the Métis Center ....

  part 2, Legacy of the Land

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