Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains ... they combined their traditional practices with Native American knowledge about flowers, berries, roots, and leaves native to Appalachia.

Fungal blight decimated the American chestnut tree in the early 20th century, killing billions of trees and altering the life cycle of the species native to the Appalachian Mountain region.

People identified as American Indian or Alaska Native accounted for 0.2% of ... colonies separated from territory west of the Appalachian Mountains marked as “Lands reserved for the Indians.” ...