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Flag of the Cherokee Nation The seal of the United Keetoowah Band Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma (f): 175,000+ United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Oklahoma (f): 10,000 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina (f): 10,000+ (f) = federally recognized The Cherokee (ah-ni-yv-wi-ya in Cherokee) are a people native to North America who at the time of European contact in the 16th century i ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia II - Cherokee - Famous Cherokees There were several famous Cherokees in American history, including Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee writing system. Sequoyah is one of few people in history to invent a widely used writing system singlehandedly. Sequoyah never learned to speak, read or write the English language. Famous Cherokee politicians include Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Wilma Mankiller and Ross Swimmer. The American blues-rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was of Cherokee descent via his paternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore. Oral Roberts, a Pentecostal evangelist in the 1950's thr ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia II - Cherokee - History

Beginning at about the time of the American Revolutionary War (late 1700s), divisions over continued accommodation of encroachments by white settlers, despite repeated violations of previous treaties, caused some Cherokee to begin to leave the Cherokee Nation. These early dissidents would eventually move across the Mississippi River to areas that would later become the states of Arkansas and Missouri. Their settlements were established on the St. Francis and the White Rivers by 1800. Eventually, there were such large numbers of Cherokees in ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee mythology

The Cherokee are a Native American culture who mainly live in the southeastern United States and in Oklahoma. The Cherokee venerated the horned serpent Sint Holo, who appeared to extremely intelligent and resourceful male youths (although in general Cherokees viewed that snakes could block spiritual blessings to a persons home, therefore, it was traditional for Cherokees to never keep any object made from or resembling a snake, or part of a snake in their home), as well as Tsul 'Kalu, a god of the hunt and Oonawieh Unggi ("the oldest wind"), ...

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Cherokee mythology - Kana'ti and Selu

Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee North Carolina

Cherokee is a town in Swain County, North Carolina. It is the headquarters for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. It is also a tourist-oriented area, located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the site of a Harrah's Cherokee casino. It is located in western North Carolina on the Oconaluftee River and the Qualla Reservation, and on U.S. Highway 441. An outdoor drama depicting the Eastern Band's story, Unto Th

Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee black drink

The Cherokee black drink was a ceremonial drink consumed during purification and renewal ceremonies under the ancient Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni moon ceremonies traditionally performed by the Cherokee or Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya people. There were many theories on what the black drink was and its true composition. Contrary to popular belief, the Black drink was not a hallucinogen or a virulent poison, although it did contain large amounts of caffeine, and consuming too large an amount of the black drink could cause convulsions and death. It was well known for its em ...

Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Moons Ceremonies

The Cherokee Moons Ceremonies were the ancient seasonal round of ceremonies practiced during ancient times by the Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya or Cherokee People in the ancient culture. Although a modern calendar year is comprised of 12 months, there are actually 13 cycles or phases of the moon each year. The seasonal round of ceremonies was based on 13 moons, and was considered a necessary spiritual element for growth and fostered social interaction among ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee County North Carolina

Cherokee County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population is 24,298. Its county seat is Murphy6. Cherokee County North Carolina - History. The county was formed in 1839 from the western part of Macon County. It was named for the Cherokee people, some of whom still live in the area. In 1861 the southeastern part of Cherokee County became Clay County; in 1872 its northeastern part became Graham County. Cherokee County North Carolina ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court decision. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - Background. On December 20, 1828, Georgia, fearful that the United States would be unable to effect the removal of the Cherokee Nation, enacted a series of oppressive laws which stripped the Cherokee of their rights and were calculated to force the Cherokee to remove. In this climate, John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation led a delegation to Washington in January 1829 t ...

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - The case

Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Chickamauga tribe

The Chickamauga (also Chikamaka) are an American Indian people related to the Cherokee people. The Chickamauga split off from the Cherokee in the late eighteenth century in a dispute over continued accommodation of encroachment by white settlers, despite repeated violations of treaty agreements. The Cherokee were already resentful of white settlers after the Iroquois ceded Cherokee land in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768. In 1775, North Carolina's Richard Henderson laid claim to 27,000 square miles of Cherokee territo ...

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia - Unto These Hills

Unto These Hills is the third oldest outdoor historical drama in the United States after The Lost Colony in Manteo, North Carolina. The play, written by Kermit Hunter (who is also credited with writing the scripts for many other outdoor dramas), opened at the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, North Carolina July 1, 1950. The play opens with the 'discovery' of the Cherokee by Hernando de Soto in 1540 and then jumps to 1811 to follow the story of the Cherokee of this region up to their removal, via the Trail of Tear ...

Cherokee: Encyclopedia II - Cherokee language - Cherokee Syllabary

Cherokee is written in a syllabary invented by Sequoyah (a.k.a. George Guess). In his system, each symbol represents a syllable rather than a single phoneme. While the number of syllables in English (tens of thousands) defy the use of a syllabary, the 85 characters in the Cherokee syllabary provide a suitable method to write Cherokee. Some symbols do resemble Latin alphabet letters, but the sounds are completely different (the form of the letter for "a" resembles Latin D, for example). Sequoyah had seen English writing, but didn't know how t ...

Cherokee only has one labial consonant, /m/, which is relatively new to the language, unless one counts the Cherokee w a labial instead of a velar. Cherokee language - Consonants. Cherokee language - Vowels. Cherokee language - Diphthongs. Cherokee has only one diphthong native to the language: ai See also:

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Cherokee: Encyclopedia II - Cherokee society - The seven Cherokee clans

Ancient Cherokee or Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya society was traditionally grouped around a social organization of seven clans. These were: Blue (also Panther or Wild Cat) Clan (a-ni-gi-lo-ni in Cherokee) made a medicine from a bluish colored plant to keep the children well. Long Hair (also Twister, Hair Hanging Down, or Wind) Clan (a-ni-gi-lo-hi in Cherokee) wore their hair in elaborate hairdos, walked in a proud and vain manner twisting their shoulders. The Peace Chief was usually from this clan. See also:

Cherokee: Encyclopedia II - Cherokee Clans - Background on Cherokee Clans in Ancient History

There were seven clans in antiquity. There is a common misperception that the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni or ancient Cherokee priesthood comprised an eighth clan of the Cherokee People, but this belief is a commonplace myth. The Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni appointed a member of each of the seven clans to represent both the spiritual forces the Cherokee believed existed in the Natural World, and the ritual of ceremonies related to the progression of the human spirit from birth until entry into the spirit world to perform the sacred ceremonies for the Cherokee people f ...

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