Social and Economic Characteristics of the Cherokee Population of Eastern Oklahoma
Author : Albert L. Wahrhaftig
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Cherokee Indians
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Author : Albert L. Wahrhaftig
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Cherokee Indians
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Author : Angie Debo
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Five Civilized Tribes
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Author : Albert L. Wahrhaftig
Publisher :
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 28,84 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Cherokee Indians
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Author : Thomas E. Mails
Publisher : Council Oak Books
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Cherokee Indians
ISBN : 0933031459
This book depicts the Cherokees' ancient culture and lifestyle, their government, dress, and family life. Mails chronicles the fundamentals of vital Cherokee spiritual beliefs and practices, their powerful rituals, and their joyful festivals, as well as the story of the gradual encroachment that all but destroyed their civilization.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on Indian Education
Publisher :
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Indian children
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Author : Albert L. Wahrhaftig
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Cherokee Indians
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher :
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
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Author : Ellen Cushman
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0806185481
In 1821, Sequoyah, a Cherokee metalworker and inventor, introduced a writing system that he had been developing for more than a decade. His creation—the Cherokee syllabary—helped his people learn to read and write within five years and became a principal part of their identity. This groundbreaking study traces the creation, dissemination, and evolution of Sequoyah’s syllabary from script to print to digital forms. Breaking with conventional understanding, author Ellen Cushman shows that the syllabary was not based on alphabetic writing, as is often thought, but rather on Cherokee syllables and, more importantly, on Cherokee meanings. Employing an engaging narrative approach, Cushman relates how Sequoyah created the syllabary apart from Western alphabetic models. But he called it an alphabet because he anticipated the Western assumption that only alphabetic writing is legitimate. Calling the syllabary an alphabet, though, has led to our current misunderstanding of just what it is and of the genius behind it—until now. In her opening chapters, Cushman traces the history of Sequoyah’s invention and explains the logic of the syllabary’s structure and the graphic relationships among the characters, both of which might have made the system easy for native speakers to use. Later chapters address the syllabary’s enduring significance, showing how it allowed Cherokees to protect, enact, and codify their knowledge and to weave non-Cherokee concepts into their language and life. The result was their enhanced ability to adapt to social change on and in Cherokee terms. Cushman adeptly explains complex linguistic concepts in an accessible style, even as she displays impressive understanding of interrelated issues in Native American studies, colonial studies, cultural anthropology, linguistics, rhetoric, and literacy studies. Profound, like the invention it explores, The Cherokee Syllabary will reshape the study of Cherokee history and culture. Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Author : Duane H. King
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2005-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781572334519
This important book explores the truth behind the legends, offering new insights into the turbulent history of these Native Americans. The book's readable style will appeal to all those interested in American Indians. "Any serious historian or reader of Native American literature must add Dr. King's classic book to their collection to appreciate its dimension and quality of research reporting." --Don Shadburn, Forsyth County News (Cummings, GA)
Author : Sam Stanley
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3110800020