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A 12 page consideration of the history and contemporary state of the souther Appalachians. This paper approaches the region from the perspective of a professional counselor that hopes to work there. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Appalachian area of eastern Kentucky, through eastern Tennessee, to just below the southern Tennessee border encompassing the northernmost portion of Georgia and a very small portion of the northeastern corner
of Alabama (Gastil, 1975). This area is characterized by populated valleys contrasted with the sparser populations of the mountain tops and ridgelines. The Appalachias are home to a
strong and proud group of people, a group of people that is represented not just by one culture but by several. The mountains that define the area have, in
many ways, defined the people themselves. The mountains defined the economy, the politics, and even the social interactions and stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination that characterizes the areas interactions with
the outside world. Outsiders that enter this world must do so with all of these things and more in mind. This is particularly true when the outsider hopes
to make a difference as a professional counselor in the region. One of the first tasks confronting such an individual is gaining an understanding of the history of the
region and the many factors that have interacted to keep the people there largely oppressed by the outside world. The mountain peoples who
populate the mountainous regions of the southern Apalachias are, by majority, the descendants of English and Scotch settlers who migrated to the area from the Old World. These people
are also represented by a multitude of ethnicities, races and individuals with an unknown background. There are peoples of mixed African descent, Native American descent and other backgrounds who
have used the dense woods and steep ridges of the mountains as a sort of refuge to escape the prying eyes and social ostracization of "mainstream" America. So even
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