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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Conley, Robert J. Cherokee Nation. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2005 (DLC) 2005006822 |
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| Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert J Conley |
| OCLC Number: | 402236472 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (265 p.) : ill., maps |
| Contents: | Theories and legends -- Early invasions -- Beginnings of central government -- Visits back and forth -- "What nation or people am I afraid of?" -- "Let him be wary" -- "President of the nation" -- "I have my young warriors around me" -- "Our cry is all for peace" -- "A pipe and a little tobacco" -- "Perpetual friendship" -- Tecumseh and Red Eagle -- Five treaties in three years -- Many changes taking place -- "The Cherokee are not foreigners" -- The treaty of New Echota -- "Living upon the roots and sap of trees." Hundreds of babies died -- Killings on both sides -- The Golden Age -- Confederates and Pins -- Indian territory -- Jurisdictional confusion -- The Dawes Commission and Redbird Smith -- Oklahoma -- World War II -- Renaissance -- Self-determination -- The first woman chief -- "What do they want with this old building?" -- "What greater gift can we give our children?" -- Appendices : Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee nation ; Chiefs of the Western Cherokees ; Chiefs of the Texas Cherokees ; The Confederate Cherokee Nation and Chief Stand Watie ; Chiefs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ; Chiefs of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians ; Cherokee nation treaties ; Western Cherokee treaties. |
| Series Title: | North American Indian thought and culture. |
| Responsibility: | Robert J. Conley. |
Abstract:
"The first history of the Cherokees to appear in over four decades, this is also the first to be endorsed by the tribe and the first to be written by a Cherokee." "Robert Conley begins his survey with Cherokee origin myths and legends. He then explores their relations with neighboring Indian groups and European missionaries and settlers. He traces their forced migrations west, relates their participations on both sides of the Civil War and the wars of the twentieth century, and concludes with an examination of Cherokee life today." "Conley provides analyses for general readers of all ages to learn the significance of tribal lore and Cherokee tribal law. Following the history is a listing of the Principal Chiefs of the Cherokees with a brief biography of each and separate listings of the chiefs of the Eastern Cherokees and the Western Cherokees. For those who want to know more about Cherokee heritage and history, Conley offers additional reading lists at the end of each chapter."--Jacket.
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