Springmeadow

Springmeadow is Co-Owner of Sacred Paths. She is a descendant of The Cherokee and Delaware tribes.

Springmeadow and RedBear first opened Sacred Paths a small shop in Townsend, TN in September of 2005. Since then she has relocated to a larger shop in the same area.

She designs very beautiful jewelry. She specializes in traditional and contemporary styled jewelry. She also designs unique three dimensional dreamcatchers. 

RedBear

Red Bear was born on The Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Lame Deer Montana, where he lived until the age of 13. 

He is Co-Owner of Sacred Paths.

He specializes in making turtle rattles, war clubs and traditional chokers. He also designs many more items from drums to knives to axes.

Chief Harry Dakota

Chief Harry Dakota is of the Oneida/Ojibwa tribes.

Chief Harry is a professional story-teller who travels the country to provide people a chance to see, hear and talk to a true tribal person. He is also a well known traditional dancer.

Chief Dakota designs and creates beautiful old style jewelry as well a contempory ones.

Dave Garrett

Dave Garret is a descendant of the Chickasaw Tribe.

Dave designs and hand-carves flutes, feather boxes and cedar chests. His work is very artistic and his designs beautifully created.

He has performed with Bill Miller, a well renowned Native American Artist. Dave also has Cd's of his own. One is Rain Song, On Eagle's Wings and the other is Rain Song, Reflections.

Note from Sacred Paths: A special thanks to Dave Garrett for granting us permission to use his music for our background sound. We will be adding his cd's along with others to our online store shortly. Thanks again Dave!

Terry Couch

Terry is a local artist who paints on canvas, walls and rocks, which she gathers from local riverbeds here in eastern Tennessee.

Local scenes and wildlife are her favorites, including cats, dogs, raccoons, fox, wolves, bears, elk, eagles and deer.

Her artistic portfolio includes designing Fishcer Price toys, toy model manufacturers, greeting cards, illustrating children's books, and painting wall murals in homes and businesses.  

Soco Cody

Soco was born in Cherokee, NC. He is 3/4 Cherokee and 1/4 Irish.

He is an activist for Indian Rights and is the chairman Tennessee Council of Native Americans (TCNA).

Soco is a Native Artist and designs ancient crafts as well. He is also a herbalist.

He is married to Robbie Cody who a member of the Georgia Cherokee. Robbie, in her own right, designs beautiful bead-work.

Charlie Woods

Charlie was born in Hawkins County, TN and is of Cherokee decent.

He specializes in designing and creating Shields, Skulls and Dance Sticks.

General Grant

General Grant grew up in East Tennessee and his mother was a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His father was a Lakota Sioux.

At the age of fifteen, General Grant moved back to Cherokee and eventually settled there and started his own family. When he was injured doing carpentry work, he turned to the art forms he had learned from his parents as a way to earn a living and support his family.

As a founding member of the Seven Clans Art Guild in Cherokee, he participates in shows and demonstration sponsored by the guild.