The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in over four decades, this is also the first to be endorsed by the tribe and the first to be written by a Cherokee.
Robert Conley begins his survey with Cherokee origin myths and legends. He then explores their relations with neighboring Indian groups and European missionaries and settlers. He traces their forced migrations west, relates their participations on both sides of the Civil War and the wars of the twentieth century, and concludes with an examination of Cherokee life today.
Conley provides analyses for general readers of all ages to learn the significance of tribal lore and Cherokee tribal law. Following the history is a listing of the Principal Chiefs of the Cherokees with a brief biography of each and separate listings of the chiefs of the Eastern Cherokees and the Western Cherokees. For those who want to know more about Cherokee heritage and history, Conley offers additional reading lists at the end of each chapter.
Author(s): Robert J. Conley
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 279
City: Albuquerque
Tags: 1. Cherokee Nation—History. 2. Cherokee Indians—History. 3. Cherokee Indians—Government relations. 4. Cherokee Indians—Social life and customs
Page 1
Cherokee Historical Novels
Acknowledgments
Chapter I: Theories and Legends
Chapter II: Early Invasions
Chapter III: Beginnings of Central Government
Chapter IV: Visits Back and Forth
Chapter V: “What Nation or People Am I Afraid Of?”
Chapter VI: “Let Him be Wary.”
Chapter VII: “President of the Nation”
Chapter VIII: “I Have My Young Warriors around Me”
Chapter IX: “Our Cry Is All for Peace.”
Chapter X: “A Pipe and a Little Tobacco”
Chapter XI: “Perpetual Friendship”
Chapter XII: Tecumseh and Red Eagle
Chapter XIII: Five Treaties in Three Years
Chapter XIV: Many Changes Taking Place
Chapter XV: “The Cherokee Are Not Foreigners”
Chapter XVI: The Treaty of New Echota
Chapter XVII: “Living upon the Roots and Sap of Trees”
Chapter XVIII: Hundreds of Babies Died
Chapter XIX: Killings on Both Sides
Chapter XX: The Golden Age
Chapter XXI: Confederates and Pins
Chapter XXII: Indian Territory
Chapter XXIII: Jurisdictional Confusion
Chapter XXIV: The Dawes Commission and Redbird Smith
Chapter XXV: Oklahoma
Chapter XXVI: World War II
Chapter XXVII: Renaissance
Chapter XXVIII: Self-Determination
Chapter XXIX: The First Woman Chief
Chapter XXX: “What Do They Want with This Old Building?”
Chapter XXXI: “What Greater Gift Can We Give Our Children?”
Appendices
Index
