My family is south Florida and NE Tennessee.
When we visited Tn we would go to Cherokee occasionally after Gt. Smokies.
The was always an elder Cherokee man standing by the highway in town, if you tried to snap a picture in passing he would cover his face. I know he has passed but I hope he still lives. I've seen him many times, still can see him in my head, proud looking man until a passing camera came by.
Childhood memories.