Writer & Author
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"Under the sky, under the heaven, there is but one family." Bruce Lee
Bryan Jackson is a Charlotte, N.C. native. He is of Cherokee, English, French/German, and Scots-Irish descent. Before entering ministry, he worked in law enforcement, community corrections, and the private sector. For many years, he was a dog trainer and, eventually, a canine behaviorist. He holds a master of theological studies degree, gained two years of advanced clinical pastoral education in two different Level 1 trauma centers, and received postgraduate training, education, and supervision in Bowen family systems theory at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. He has served in parish ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and fee-based pastoral counseling. His writing and research interests include children's and young adult fiction, non-fiction spirituality, family systems theory, genealogical analysis papers, and Native American history and culture.
A forthcoming book, Called Yet Again, focuses on the subject of "calling" in our lives from both a Christian and Cherokee perspective. Bryan is an Eastern Cherokee successor, was ordained in the American Baptist Churches USA and is a registered descendant in the First Families of the Cherokee Nation (Sonicooie) and the First Families of the Twin Territories (Cooweescoowee District). In addition, he is a member of the Trail of Tears Association, and shares community with the Mt. Hood Cherokees.
Some of Bryan's ancestors migrated from the original Cherokee Nation in Georgia to Indian Territory (now N.E. Oklahoma) during and subsequent to, the forced removal of the 1800's. He has completed a middle-grade novel based on his Cherokee 3rd great-grandmother in the old Cherokee Nation.
A forthcoming book, Called Yet Again, focuses on the subject of "calling" in our lives from both a Christian and Cherokee perspective. Bryan is an Eastern Cherokee successor, was ordained in the American Baptist Churches USA and is a registered descendant in the First Families of the Cherokee Nation (Sonicooie) and the First Families of the Twin Territories (Cooweescoowee District). In addition, he is a member of the Trail of Tears Association, and shares community with the Mt. Hood Cherokees.
Some of Bryan's ancestors migrated from the original Cherokee Nation in Georgia to Indian Territory (now N.E. Oklahoma) during and subsequent to, the forced removal of the 1800's. He has completed a middle-grade novel based on his Cherokee 3rd great-grandmother in the old Cherokee Nation.
At Kituwah Mound, mother town of my ancestors and home to my grandmother and great-grandmother
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