Jeremiah Wolfe
Jeremiah "Jerry" Wolfe was a respected member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, as he was awarded the title of "Beloved Man" by his tribe in 2013, an honor that had not been given out for more than 200 years.
Wolfe grew up in the Big Cove community on the Qualla Boundary in North Carolina. He was one of the last Cherokee stonecutters, a stickball caller, a storyteller, a WWII veteran, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Western Carolina University. He was a fluent speaker of the Cherokee language and was interviewed for the documentary "First Language – The Race to Save Cherokee".
