Western Kentucky University is planning several events for Native American Heritage Month.

&#8220Cherokee Storytelling: Why Rabbit Has Long Ears” will be presented by Sequoyah Guess at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Garrett Conference Center, room 100.

Guess is a full-blooded member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma. He is a sixth-generation descendent of the original Sequoyah, who developed the Cherokee writing system or &#8220syllabary” in the early 1800s. Guess speaks, reads, writes and teaches the language of his people. Under the tutelage of his family elders, he learned the art of storytelling, and he has been telling Cherokee stories for more than 20 years.

He is also the author of eight fiction books based on Cherokee culture, a film maker, a song writer, a musician and a cultural presenter.

Also during November on campus, &#8220The Archaeology of Prehistoric Indians in Kentucky” and an artifact identification session will be presented by Darlene Applegate at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in Garrett Conference Center, room 100.

Applegate, associate professor of anthropology at WKU, has conducted archaeological research in western and eastern Kentucky for more than a decade. Her recent research projects have focused on documenting rock shelter sites in Edmonson County, analyzing collections from the Watkins Site in Logan County and investigating mortuary practices at prehistoric sites in Barren and Allen counties.

Her presentation will provide a summary of human occupations in Kentucky. Afterward, she will identify artifacts for the audience.

Only legally obtained artifacts will be identified and she cannot give monetary appraisals.

– For more information, call Applegate at 745-2401.