On the 200 year anniversary of territory being taken from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee in Macon County, the Franklin town council is mov ing toward a compromise to give that land back. The Franklin Town Council took a n historic step Monday night to give the sacred Nikwasi Mound to a nonprofit organization run in part by the Eastern Band of the Cheroke e - The Nikwasi Initiative. Franklin Vice Mayor Barbara McRae i s the co-chair of the Initiative . She introduced the motion to deed the