Faces
FROM TOP LEFT: Macon-Bibb County
opened the Fire Training Academy on Jan. 18.,
recruit Brandon Jones, Mayor Miller and Chief
Edwards down the side to start the event. | On
Jan. 20, Macon-Bibb and the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation raised a flag at City Hall to celebrate and
renew our friendship with the The Muscogee
Nation. The statement from the city: "Macon-
Bibb County respectfully acknowledges the
Muscogee (Creek) people who lived, worked,
produced knowledge on, and nurtured the land
now known as Macon-Bibb County. In 1821,
the Muscogee (Creek) people were forced to
relinquish this land. We recognize the sustained
oppression, land dispossession, and involuntary
removals of the Muscogee (Creek) peoples
from Georgia and the Southeast. We seek to
honor the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other
Indigenous caretakers of this land by humbly
seeking knowledge of their histories and
committing to respectful stewardship of the
land." In attendance: Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Chief David Hill, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Second Chief Del Beaver, Ocmulgee National
Park and Preserve Director of Advocacy Tracie
Revis, Georgia Representative Austin Scott,
Georgia Representative Sanford Bishop, Mayor
Lester Miller, and Mayor Pro Tem Seth Clark.
| Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller hosted the
first Macon-Bibb County Sneaker Ball at Macon
City Auditorium on Dec. 9 to kick off Macon
Bicentennial celebration.
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