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15269
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A distinct difference between the Cherokee and Catawba tribes was their treatment of European settlers. The Cherokees rebelled and fought against encroachment while the Catawba embraced and aided the newcomers. However, allegiance did not save the Catawba tribe. In 1939, their reservation near Rock Hill, South Carolina consisted of 652 acres and a $9,000 state allotment to cover education, health care, and a small stipend to those who lived on the reservation.
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13053
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In response to a claim that there were no Cherokees in Cherokee County, the author provides the location and numbers of all registered Cherokees in North Carolina counties. New definitions of what an Indian may be are examined, as well the challenges faced when registering peoples of Indian inter-marriage as one tribe or the other. Often the government does not recognize the origins of certain groups of people, and therefore may overlook the Cherokees hidden in the mix.
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10806
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Among North Carolina's 100 counties and 650 cities and towns, there is one \"dependent sovereignty\" with a Principal Chief. The sovereignty is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, proprietors of a 56,000-acre Western North Carolina wooded realm. The Principal Chief is Walter Jackson, born a Cherokee in 1924 and promoted by his fellow tribesmen in 1967 to the highest distinction an Indian can attain. Siler discusses the state's most unusual form of government and how it functions.
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4774
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in western Carolina, established a tribal historic preservation office in December 1999. They are the twenty-first federally recognized tribe to do so. James Bird of the Eastern Band was appointed tribal historic preservation officer.
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5.Eva Wolfe - Basket Maker by Sharpe, Bill North Carolina Folklore Journal Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997
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5571
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Eva Wolfe is one of only ten people who practice the rare art of weaving traditional Cherokee rivercane baskets. She is also known for her doubleweave baskets, one of the most difficult weaving styles. In 1989, she received an N.C. Folk heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p17-18
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13393
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One of the fascinating opportunities in North Carolina is the profession of \"chiefing\" practiced in and around Cherokee. This is the business of putting on feathers and standing in front of some souvenir shops. Some thirty chiefs work at Cherokee tourist places.
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14313
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Western North Carolina proved a rough country in the late 18th Century. In this article, the story of Samuel Davidson is told. He attempted to settle the area beyond the Blue Ridge in 1784. Unfortunately he met his demise after he encountered a band of Cherokee Indians. A year later the first permanent settlements would take hold in that area.
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7765
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Snowbird Cherokees in western North Carolina chose a trail planted with trees and medicinal herbs to honor the memory of tribal leaders, like Junaluska, who have passed down age-old traditions. The Medicine Trail, which was completed in 2002, is located outside Robbinsville. The nearly seventy-five varieties of plants along the trail were selected for their role in the community's medicine traditions. Most of the plants along the trail are identified and their curative powers described. Plants include Joe Pye weed, sourwood, yellowroot, and goldenseal.
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13658
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The Cherokee Historical Association expects to bring to life, on a 39-acre wooded tract near the Mountain Side Theatre, a Cherokee village such as these mountain-dwelling Indians lived in two hundred years ago.
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24696
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In an excerpt from ‘Letter from the Alleghany Mountains,’ 1848 traveler Charles Lanman (1819-1895) describes various Cherokee legends pertaining to Black Mountain in the Alleghany Mountains.
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13881
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The reconstructed Ocanaluftee Cherokee Village offers spectators a chance to view Native Americans in their natural setting. Representations of traditional art work, boat building, and architecture are captured in photographic illustrations that are meant to depict life 200 years ago.
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24708
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A recreated 200-year-old Oconaluftee Indian Village recently opened in Cherokee at the foot of the Smokies to educate tourists about the ways Cherokees lived. The project is part of the Cherokee Historical Association’s program to perpetuate the history of the Cherokees.
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24676
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In an excerpt from ‘Letter from the Alleghany Mountains,’ 1848 traveler Charles Lanman (1819-1895) describes his arrival in Hickory Nut Gap, a gorge in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and his experience with Cherokees in Qualla Town.
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13329
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An early traveler describes Native American Cherokee stick-ball through observations conducted in Qualla Town, North Carolina, 1848.
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To raise money, the Cherokees are opening a gambling casino in Jackson County in 1996. It is expected to generate a profit of over $70 million a year. While some see a brighter future, others predict loss of traditional ways and a possible rise in crime.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Mar 1996,
p20-23,25-26,29-30, il
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