As part of the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative, Cherokee Heritage Trails is one of this initiative's several individual Web sites devoted to the culture of the southern Appalachians. Here visitors will find sites and events chosen by a task force of Cherokee people and project partners based on their significance in Cherokee history and culture and their accessibility by travelers. Ancient village sites, waterfalls, battlefields and places of myth and legend can be visited throughout the original Cherokee homeland that once encompassed 140,000 square miles. At some of these sites, museums, parks and historical markers interpret Cherokee history, while at others only the landscape tells their story. Interpretive signs will continue to be added and the Cherokee Heritage Trails Guidebook will be published in winter 2002-03. Partners in the Cherokee Heritage Trails include the North Carolina Arts Council, Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association, Museum of the Cherokee Indian and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.