Record #:

3782

Author(s):

Raley, Karen

Abstract:

To the Cherokees, everything in their natural environment - plants, animals, and people - possessed a spirit. Their beliefs were directed toward maintaining a balance in this world, and they felt trouble developed when this balance was upset.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 37 Issue 2, Spring 1998, p2-5, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Religion and mythology