A new way to learn history--by living it
Memorial from Helena Theresa Timberlake Ostenaco to Lords of Treasury. Timberlake's widow requests assistance. 4p. Fol. 338. 20 July 1786, Whitehall.
These shamanistic texts, known as idi:gawe':sdi, deal with such esoteric matters as divining the future, protecting oneself from enemies (living and dead), destroying the power of witches, and purifying one's soul from all forms of ...
Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: A Path to Sustaining Traditional Identity with an Emphasis on Medicinal Plant...
Other settings are Federal Hall in New York City, the city of Philadelphia and the building of Washington, DC.Some of the major events that drive the story are the Chickamauga Wars in the Tennessee and Cumberland Valleys, the Constitutional ...
William McLoughlin describes the crucial role missionaries played in the acculturation and "Americanization" of the Cherokee Indians from 1789 to 1839.
The American ethnologist's 1885 study accompanies the provisions of all Federal treaties with the Cherokee Nations between 1785 and 1868 with his commentaries on the antecedent conditions, formative negotiations, and increasingly disastrous ...
... Nannie , married Richard Timberlake , a descendant of the explorer and trader Henry Timberlake . Two of her sons became prominent chiefs . Nancy's father , except for being her father , had little importance in the Cherokee drama .
Cherokee Heroes: Three Who Made a Difference
This study focuses on incidents of Cherokee wampum use and does not seek to provide an encompassing history or description of Cherokee life or events. It explores the contemporary uses of wampum by present-day Cherokees.
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Cherokee people, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.