Description
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: Robert J. Conley
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.52w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780826332356
ISBN10: 0826332358
BISAC Categories:
- History | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies