Indians : Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina
Title | Indians : Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Census Office 11th census, 1890 |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Cherokee Indians |
ISBN |
Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina
Title | Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Census Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Cherokee Indians |
ISBN |
The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900
Title | The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Finger |
Publisher | Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780870494109 |
This volume presents the story of the Eastern Band of Cherokees during the nineteenth century. This group - the tribal remnant in North Carolina that escaped removal in the 1830's - found their fortitude and resilience continually tested as they struggled with a variety of problems, including the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction, internal divisiveness, white encroachment on their lands, and a poorly defined relationship with the state and federal governments. Yet despite such stresses and a selective adaptation in the face of social and economic changes, the Eastern Cherokees retained a sense of tribal identity as they stood at the threshold of the twentieth century.
Cherokee Americans
Title | Cherokee Americans PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Finger |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803219854 |
Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s. Many of them died on the Trail of Tears. But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina. John R. Finger shifts attention to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, descended from that remnant and now numbering almost ten thousand, most of whom live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cherokee Americans is, ironically, the first comprehensive account of the twentieth-century experience of a band that is known to and photographed by millions of tourists.This book is a sequel to The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 18191900 (1984) by John R. Finger, who is a professor of history at the University of Tennessee.
Cherokee Americans
Title | Cherokee Americans PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Finger |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803268791 |
Finger is a descendant of the tribal remnant that avoided removal in the 1830s and instead remained in North Carolina. Most now live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Signs of Cherokee Culture
Title | Signs of Cherokee Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Bender |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2003-04-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0807860050 |
Based on extensive fieldwork in the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina, this book uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabary--the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language--in Eastern Cherokee life. The Cherokee syllabary was invented in the 1820s by the respected Cherokee Sequoyah. The syllabary quickly replaced alternative writing systems for Cherokee and was reportedly in widespread use by the mid-nineteenth century. After that, literacy in Cherokee declined, except in specialized religious contexts. But as Bender shows, recent interest in cultural revitalization among the Cherokees has increased the use of the syllabary in education, publications, and even signage. Bender also explores the role played by the syllabary within the ever more important context of tourism. (The Eastern Cherokee Band hosts millions of visitors each year in the Great Smoky Mountains.) English is the predominant language used in the Cherokee community, but Bender shows how the syllabary is used in special and subtle ways that help to shape a shared cultural and linguistic identity among the Cherokees. Signs of Cherokee Culture thus makes an important contribution to the ethnographic literature on culturally specific literacies.
Unto These Hills
Title | Unto These Hills PDF eBook |
Author | Kermit Hunter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780807868751 |
Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee