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Tag Archive: the-cherokee

Native Americans – Clothing

Native American Clothing Styles(310x240)

Native American clothing prior to the arrival of Europeans was different depending on the tribe and the climate where the tribe

Anishinabe people

Anishinaabe Camp(310x240)

The Anishinabe tribe, also known as the Ojibwa, Ojibway or Chippewa (though the latter they intensely

The Raven Mocker

The Raven Mocker(310x240)

The Raven Mocker Of all the Cherokee wizards or witches the most dreaded is the Raven Mocker (Kâ’lanû Ahkyeli’skï), the one that robs the dying man of life. They are of either sex and

The Man who married the Thunder’s Sister

Ayanta, Cherokee Storytellers(310x240)

Ayanta, Cherokee Storytellers In the old times the people used to dance often and all night. Once there was a dance at the old town of Sâkwi’yï, on the head of Chattahoochee, and after it was

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Cherokee Cedar Tree

Cherokee Cedar Tree(310x240)

A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the Earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was never any night.

Stealing the Sun

Stealing the Sun(310x240)

Long ago the Cherokee people lived in a dark world. They had no Sun or Moon or light of any kind.

Strawberry Legend

Strawberry Legend(310x240)

In the Beginning of the Cherokee World In the beginning, there were two worlds: The heavenly world called ga-lun-la-ti, which was placed high in the heavens, and the lower, dark world where the

Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine

The Pleiades and The Pine(310x240)

Long ago, when the world was new, there were seven boys who used to spend all their time down by the townhouse playing the gatayû'stï

The Spirit Defenders Of Nikwasi’

The Spirit Defenders Of Nikwasi'(310x240)

Long ago a powerful unknown tribe invaded the country from the southeast, killing people and destroying settlements wherever they

Symbols for Letters – Alphabets

Symbols for Letters(310x240)

The Creek tribe used symbols for letters in the Creek Alphabet and a similar system, using symbols for letters, is the Cherokee

Wattle and Daub

Wattle and Daub(310x240)

Wattle and daub houses (also known as asi, the Cherokee word for them) are Native American houses used by southeastern

Nancy Ward – Cherokee

Nancy Ward(310x240)

Nanyehi (Cherokee: ᎾᏅᏰᎯ: "One who goes about"), known in English as Nancy Ward (ca. 1738–1822 or 1824) wanvncv s a Ghigau, a Beloved Woman of the Cherokee

Barbara McAlister – the Cherokee

Barbara McAlister(310x240)

Barbara McAlister (born 1941) is an internationally acclaimed mezzo soprano Native American opera singer from Muskogee,

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