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Abstract:
Oral history as related by Lawrence Calhoun of the Big Cove section of Cherokee, North Carolina, offers an interesting bit of tribal history along with partial instructions for a night-long series of dances in the order prescribed for the Cherokees in the North Carolina mountains by an almost obliterated tradition.
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The Eastern Cherokee, who reside in western North Carolina, retained much of their cultural identity until the 1930s when tourists and missionaries have greatly influenced their culture. Gillespie discusses Cherokee dances that still bear their original cultural influences.
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The modern tribal dances of the Eastern Cherokee native to Western North Carolina are described. The Women’s, Bear, Horse, and Friendship or Dilsti dances are specifically described. How these dances are influenced by common stereotypes and their similarities to the dances of other tribes are also described.