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  1. Cherokee

    Other uses cleanup IPA Infobox ethnic group group Cherokee br br small small image File Cherokees.jpg none 250px Cherokee people from the turn of the 20th century poptime 316,049 br Eastern Band 13,000 , Cherokee Nation 288,749, United Keetoowah Band 14,300 ref name oia http www.ok.gov oiac ... and Valley Towns in Western North Carolina. Cherokee Prayer Initiative Journal. 1999 retrieved 11 June 2010 ref langs English language English , Cherokee language Cherokee related Contains Cherokee text The Cherokee lang chr , lang chr Tsalagi are a Native Americans in the United States Native ... first James authorlink James Mooney title Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees ... practices of European American settlers. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the Cherokee ... federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee ... there in the 1830s. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is located on the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina . Name The Cherokee refer to themselves as Tsalagi lang chr or Aniyvwiya i lang chr , which means Principal People. The Iroquois called the Cherokee Oyata ge rono inhabitants ... of the word Cherokee. It may have originally been derived from the Choctaw word Cha la kee , which ... country . ref http www.accessgenealogy.com native tribes cherokee cherohist.htm Cherokee Indian Tribe. Access Genealogy. 21 September 2009 ref The earliest Spanish rendering of Cherokee, from 1755, is Tchalaquei . ref Charles A. Hanna, The Wilderness Trail , New York 1911 . ref Another theory is Cherokee ... thumb 500px Great Smoky Mountains There are two prevailing views about Cherokee origins. One is that the Cherokee ... with elders who recounted an oral tradition of the Cherokee people s migrating south from ... Chronicles v016 v016p003.html Eastern Cherokee Chiefs , Chronicles of Oklahoma ... had mistakenly attributed several Mississippian culture sites to the Cherokee, including Moundville ...   more details



  1. Cherokee (disambiguation)

    Wiktionary Cherokee The term Cherokee has various meanings TOCright Cherokee people Cherokee , a Native American tribe Cherokee Nation , federally recognized Cherokee tribe, Tahlequah, OK Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians , federally recognized Cherokee tribe, Cherokee, NC United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians , federally recognized Cherokee tribe, Tahlequah, OK Cherokee Female Seminary , Tahlequah, Oklahoma First Cherokee Female Seminary Site , Park Hill, Oklahoma Cherokee history Cherokee language , a southern Iroquoian language spoken by Cherokee people Cherokee Male Seminary Cherokee military history Cherokee National Capitol , Tahlequah, Oklahoma Cherokee society The Cherokee National Youth Choir Places Cherokee, Alabama Cherokee, California Cherokee, Nevada County, California Cherokee, Iowa Cherokee, Kansas Cherokee, North Carolina Cherokee, Oklahoma Cherokee, Texas Cherokee County disambiguation Cherokee County several Cherokee Park , Louisville, Kentucky Cherokee Sewer Site an archaeological site near Cherokee, Iowa Cherokee, Victoria , a locality in Australia Cherokee Village, Arkansas Music Cherokee song Cherokee song , a 1987 song by Swedish rock band Europe Cherokee Ray Noble song Cherokee Ray Noble song , a 1938 jazz standard written by Ray Noble Cherokee , a song by White Lion from their debut album Fight to Survive Cherokee Records , a record label Indian Reservation The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian , a song by Paul Revere & the Raiders, known for its chorus refrain of Cherokee People. Plants Rosa laevigata , also known as the Cherokee Rose Cherokee grape , another name for the grape Catawba People Cherokee Parks born 1972 , American former basketball player Crawford Goldsby a.k.a. Cherokee Bill, a 19th century American outlaw Brand Model Names Hall Cherokee , homebuilt glider Jeep Cherokee disambiguation Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Grand Cherokee , sport utility vehicle models Piper Cherokee and Piper Cherokee Six , a family of light aircraft ...   more details



  1. Cherokee County

    Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States Cherokee County, Alabama Cherokee County, Georgia Cherokee County, Iowa Cherokee County, Kansas Cherokee County, North Carolina Cherokee County, Oklahoma Cherokee County, South Carolina Cherokee County, Texas Category County name disambiguation pages Templates geodis Interwiki cs Cherokee County de Cherokee County es Condado de Cherokee fr Comt de Cherokee it Contea di Cherokee nl Cherokee County ja no Cherokee County nds Cherokee County pl Hrabstwo Cherokee pt Condado de Cherokee ro Comitatul Cherokee sv Cherokee County vi Qu n Cherokee zh ...   more details



  1. Cherokee flag

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Cherokee flag may refer to the Flag of the Cherokee Nation , or the Flag of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma , or to the Flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee nation. A common element of the Cherokee flags is the seven pointed star, which symbolizes the sacred fire of the Cherokee people, and the seven clans. Images of flags gallery Deleted image removed Image Cherokeenationalflagpublicdomainimage.png Flag of the Cherokee Nation Image UKBflag bordered .png Flag of the United Keetoowah Band Image Eastern Band Cherokee Flag.svg Flag of the Eastern Band Cherokee gallery See also Cherokee Cherokee Clans DEFAULTSORT Cherokee Flag Category Cherokee tribe Category Flags of indigenous peoples ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Chiefs

    Cherokee Chiefs may refer to The Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee leaders of the Cherokee Nation The nickname of the interscholastic athletics teams at Cherokee High School Rogersville, Tennessee Cherokee High School near Rogersville, Tennessee disambig Category Cherokee tribe Category Rogersville, Tennessee ...   more details



  1. Cherokee War

    Cherokee War can refer to The Anglo Cherokee War from 1758 to 1761, sometimes known as the First Cherokee War The Chickamauga wars Cherokee War of 1776 , sometimes known as the Second Cherokee War, which was part of the western American Revolution The Cherokee removal Cherokee Trail of Tears from 1836 to 1839 although no armed conflict took place, many official records of the time use the term The Texan Cherokee War of 1839, part of the Texas Indian Wars , whose major confrontation was the Battle of the Neches dab ...   more details



  1. Jeep Cherokee

    Jeep Cherokee may refer to Jeep Cherokee SJ produced 1974&ndash 1983 Jeep Cherokee XJ produced 1984&ndash 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ , WJ , and WK produced since 1993 &ndash present Jeep Liberty , a.k.a. Jeep Cherokee KJ produced since 2002 &ndash present disambig Category Jeep vehicles Cherokee ...   more details



  1. USS Cherokee

    Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Cherokee , after the Cherokee Native American tribe. The USS Cherokee 1864 6 , was a blockade gunboat during the American Civil War. The USS Cherokee SP 1104 , was a patrol ship in the Atlantic during World War I. The USS Cherokee SP 458 , was built in 1891 but commissioned as a tug during World War I. The USS Cherokee AT 66 , was a World War II era tug. Source DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs c7 list.htm Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Cherokee Category United States Navy ship names ...   more details



  1. Cherokee marbles

    Contains Cherokee text Image Agameofcherokeemarbles.svg thumb A Cherokee marbles game in progress. Cherokee marbles , digadayosdi , or five hole, is a traditional game among the Cherokee people of the United States . The game It is played, traditionally, with round balls made of stone, but now sometimes with standard billiard balls . An annual tournament is held during Cherokee National Holiday each Labor Day weekend. ref http www.cherokee.org Extras holiday 49 49mt.htm Cherokee Marbles Bot generated title ref History The origin of the game is unknown, but it is not mentioned in the works of ethnologist James Mooney . ref Conley, Robert J. A Cherokee Encyclopedia. Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press, 2007. Page 144. ref Cherokee marbles is a similar game to the rolley hole marbles played by Anglo America ns in Kentucky and Tennessee , though the dimensions are different and rolley hole uses three holes instead of five. ref Bilger, Burkhard. Noodling for Flatheads . New York Simon & Schuster, 2001. Page 210. ref More recently, the game has been introduced into the public schools in Northeast Oklahoma, by the Cherokee Nation, as part of a program to discourage methamphetamine abuse. ref http www.turtleisland.org discussion viewtopic.php?t 4153&highlight cherokee nation meth TurtleIsland.org View topic Cherokee children play games to fight drugs Bot generated title ref Rules There is an official rulebook which is used in tournament play. ref http www.cherokee.org home.aspx?section story&id WCdiNfoO6Ag Cherokee.org Cherokee Marbles Training Underway Bot generated title ref It is played on a field about 100 feet in length, and with five holes. A player must advance ... www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net Cherokee CherokeeSocialGames.htm the People s Paths Cherokee News Path Cherokee ... Reflist DEFAULTSORT Cherokee Marbles Category Native American sports and games Category Ball games Category Precision sports Category Lawn games Category Games of physical skill Category Cherokee ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Nation

    About the name of the tribe that is also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma information about the people as a whole Cherokee Ethnic group group Cherokee Nation image File Cherokeenationalflag.png none 250px Flag of the Cherokee Nation poptime 288,749 ref name oia http www.ok.gov oiac Publications ... Methodist, Southern Baptist , Kituwah, Four Mother s Society langs English language English , Cherokee language Cherokee related other Cherokee tribes, br enrolled within tribe Natchez Nation and Cherokee Freedmen , br widely intermarried Muscogee Creek The Cherokee Nation or Tsalagihi Ayeli is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States . It was established in the 20th century, and includes people descended from members of the old Cherokee Nation 19th century Cherokee Nation who relocated voluntarily from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokees who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears . The tribe also includes Cherokee Freedmen and descendants of the Natchez Nation . Over 288,749 people are enrolled in the Cherokee Nation, with 181,867 ... BIA head Larry EchoHawk , the Cherokee Nation is not the historical Cherokee tribe but instead a successor ... ref Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma , the Cherokee Nation has a tribal jurisdictional area spanning 14 counties in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. These are Adair County, Oklahoma Adair , Cherokee County, Oklahoma Cherokee , Craig County, Oklahoma Craig , Delaware County, Oklahoma Delaware ... democratically elected government, led by a Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Principal Chief , Deputy Chief, and Tribal Council. Cherokee Nation has two tribal courts, the District Court and the Judicial Appeals Tribunal JAT . The Cherokee Nation Marshall Service polices the tribe. A wide range of tribal businesses are operated by Cherokee Nation Entertainment CNE and Cherokee Nation Businesses ...?privcapId 4772220 Cherokee Nation Enterprises, Inc. Business Week. 2009 retrieved 22 July 2009 ...   more details



  1. Cherokee (webserver)

    page Cherokee Webserver timestamp 20110317141652 year 2011 month March day 17 substed yes For administrator use only Old AfD multi page Cherokee Webserver date 17 March 2011 result keep End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point primarysources date March 2011 Infobox software name Cherokee Web Server logo File Cherokee logo bar.png screenshot caption author lvaro L pez Ortega, Cherokee ... language C programming language C operating system Cross platform ref name Cherokee Downloads Cite web url http www.cherokee project.com downloads.html title Cherokee Downloads Cherokee project publisher Cherokee project accessdate 2011 03 23 ref language English, Spanish, German, French, Italian ... server license GPL website http cherokee project.com cherokee project.com Cherokee is an open source ... light. Major features of Cherokee include a graphical administration interface named cherokee admin , and a modular light weight design. Cherokee is maintained and developed by an Free software community Open Source Community ref http www.ohloh.net p cherokee Contributors and metrics about Cherokee ... Cookbook Cite web url http www.cherokee project.com doc cookbook ssl.html title TLS SSL Cookbook Cherokee project publisher Cherokee project accessdate 2010 09 16 ref Virtual hosting Virtual Servers ref ... Virtual Servers Cherokee project publisher Cherokee project accessdate 2010 09 16 ref URL rewriting ... doc cookbook authentication.html title Supported authentication mechanisms Cherokee project publisher Cherokee project accessdate 2010 09 16 ref Reverse proxy Reverse HTTP proxy HTTP Load balancing ... Supported logging styles Cherokee project publisher Cherokee project accessdate 2010 09 16 ref Ability ... Cherokee uWSGI support accessdate 23 March 2011 ref code chroot code support RRDtool statistics ... interface Point & Click deployments through an application market ref name Cherokee Market cite web url http cherokee market.com about title Application deployment with Cherokee Market accessdate ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Phoenix

    Infobox newspaper name big big br Cherokee Phoenix logo image File Cherokeephoenix 5 1828.png 225px border caption Frontpage of the Cherokee Phoenix 1828 type owners editor foundation 1828 headquarters Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex br Tsa La Gi Annex Room 231 br Tahlequah, Oklahoma language Cherokee language Cherokee and br English language English oclc 53811290 The Cherokee Phoenix ... February 21, 1828, in New Echota , Cherokee Nation 19th century Cherokee Nation now Georgia . 19th century Image New Echota.jpg thumb left 250px Reconstructed print shop where the Cherokee Phoenix was originally printed The newspaper s first editor, Elias Boudinot Cherokee Elias Boudinot Galagina Oowatie in Cherokee , was born in 1804 at Oothcaloga, Cherokee Nation, near present day Chatsworth ... edited the newspaper for its first four and a half years. The newspaper was printed in English and Cherokee, using the Cherokee syllabary developed in 1821 by Sequoyah . It served as the primary vehicle of communication among the many Cherokee townships that constituted the Cherokee Nation. The Nation ... ref In the mid 1820s the Cherokee tribe was being pressured from the government and surrounding ... over to the United State government. The Cherokee Phoenix was established as a method of gathering support and to help keep members of the Cherokee Nation united and informed. It was the fund ... ref The Cherokee Phoenix later became the Cherokee Phoenix and Indians Advocate in 1829. The essence ... of their homelands. The paper no longer addressed solely the Cherokee tribe. The paper also offered ... The Cherokee Phoenix has published intermittently since its beginning in New Echota. It is now published by the Cherokee Nation as a monthly broadsheet in Tahlequah, Oklahoma . The newspaper has modernized ... Cherokee Phoenix . retrieved 16 Oct 2010 ref A digitized, searchable version of the paper is available ... ssp cgi bin ftaccess.cgi? id 7f000001&dbs ZLGN ref See also Cherokee language dahoon g ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Scout

    Infobox Newspaper name The Cherokee Scout image caption Front page of The Cherokee Scout type Weekly newspaper format Broadsheet foundation 1889 owners Community Newspapers, Inc. publisher David Brown editor Robert Horne headquarters Murphy, North Carolina Murphy , North Carolina NC , 28906 br United States website http www.cherokeescout.com www.cherokeescout.com The Cherokee Scout is the weekly newspaper for Murphy, North Carolina Murphy , North Carolina , and its surrounding area. It is one of the largest newspapers in far west North Carolina. The print edition is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of more than 9,500. DEFAULTSORT Cherokee Scout, The Category Newspapers published in North Carolina ...   more details



  1. Eastern Cherokee

    The term Eastern Cherokee refers to Cherokee descendants not removed to Oklahoma. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Air

    Unreferenced date January 2008 Basic Information Cherokee Air is an Air Charter airline based in the Bahamas . The airline was founded in 1987 and serves the Bahamas and Southeastern Florida . The airline s home base is Marsh Harbour , in Abaco Islands Abaco . Fleet details 1 Cessna 208 Grand Caravan 1 Piper Aztec External links http www.chreokeeair.com Cherokee Air http www.aircharterguide.com Operator Info CHEROKEE AIR. LTD. 96660 Air Charter Guide Airlines of the Bahamas Aviation lists Category Airlines of the Bahamas ...   more details



  1. Cherokee treaties

    The Cherokee have participated in over forty treaties in the past three hundred years. Pre American Revolution ... Established rules for trade between the Cherokee and the English colonies. Signed between seven Cherokee chiefs including Attakullakulla and George I of England . Treaty with South Carolina, 1755 ... of Long Island on the Holston, 1761 Ended the Anglo Cherokee War with the Colony of Virginia . Treaty of Charlestown, 1762 Ended the Anglo Cherokee War with the Province of South Carolina. Treaty of Johnson Hall, 1768 Guaranteed peace between the Iroquois and the Cherokee. Treaty of Hard Labour ... to the Colony of Virginia. Treaty of Augusta, 1773 Ceded Cherokee claim to convert 2000000 acre km2 ... Corner, 1777 Ceded the lands of the Cherokee Lower Towns to the States of South Carolina and Georgia ... Confirmed the northern boundary of the State of Georgia with the Cherokee, between the latter and that state, with the Cherokee ceding large amounts of land between the Savannah and Chattachooche Rivers ... between the U.S. and Cherokee lands. Treaty of Dumplin Creek, 1785 Ceded remaining land within ... States and the Cherokee Nation. Guaranteed by the United States that the lands of the Cherokee Nation have not been ceded to the United States. Treaty of Pensacola, 1792 Between the Lower Cherokee under John Watts Cherokee chief John Watts and Arturo O Neill, governor of Spanish West Florida , for arms ... States with the Lower Cherokee ending the Chickamauga wars . Treaty of Tellico , 1798 The boundaries promised in the previous treaty had not been marked and white settlers had come in. Because of this, the Cherokee ... States. The U.S. would guarantee the Cherokee could keep the remainder of their land forever ... that for the Federal Road Cherokee lands Federal Road through the Cherokee Nation. Treaty of Tellico ... War , demanded land from both the Muscogee Creek and the Cherokee. Treaties of Washington, March .... Treaty of Chickasaw Council House, September 14, 1816 Ceding land. Treaty of the Cherokee ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Plantation

    Cherokee Plantation may refer to Cherokee Plantation Fort Payne, Alabama , National Register of Historic Places listings in De Kalb County, Alabama listed on the National Register of Historic Places in De Kalb County, Alabama Cherokee Plantation Natchitoches, Louisiana , National Register of Historic Places listings in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana disambig ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Cases

    The Cherokee Cases were a trio of cases before the Marshall Court Tassels Case a December 1830 writ of error in the criminal case of Geroge Tassels , mooted by Tassels execution before the Court could hear the case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia , 30 U.S. 5 Pet. 1 1831 Worcester v. Georgia , 31 U.S. 6 Pet. 515 1832 See also Aboriginal title in the Marshall Court Cherokee tobacco case disambig ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Railroad

    unreferenced date June 2008 Infobox rail railroad name Cherokee Railroad locale Georgia gauge RailGauge 5 and RailGauge 3 hq city start year end year The Cherokee Railroad is a historic railroad that operated in the United States U.S. state of Georgia U.S. state Georgia . It was organized in 1870 to take over operations from the failing Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad . The Cherokee Railroad initially operated from Cartersville, Georgia Cartersville to Taylorsville, Georgia Taylorsville , and the new owners extended the narrow gauge railroad to Rockmart, Georgia . Unfortunately, the financial problems for the line continued and it was eventually sold to the Cherokee Iron Company . The Cherokee Iron Company then leased the Cherokee Railroad s lines to the East and West Railroad of Alabama who, in 1886, purchased the line outright and then merged it into its own operations. DEFAULTSORT Cherokee Railroad Category Defunct Georgia U.S. state railroads Category Railway companies established in 1870 Category Railway companies disestablished in 1879 Category Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Category Narrow gauge railroads in Georgia U.S. state US rail stub ...   more details



  1. BUL Cherokee

    refimprove date June 2010 Infobox Weapon name BUL Cherokee FS Full Size BUL G Cherokee FS image caption origin flag Israel type Semi automatic pistol Type selection is ranged yes Service history service used by Israeli security agencies wars Production history designer design date 1999 2005 new current frame design manufacturer BUL Transmark production date 2000 present number variants BUL G Cherokee allows attachment of optional shoulder stock to backstrap. General specifications weight 720g length 210mm 215mm part length 111mm Barrel width 108mm height 140mm Ranged weapon specifications cartridge 9x19mm Parabellum action DA SA Recoil operation short recoil , tilting barrel rate Semi automatic pistol semi automatic velocity range max range feed 17 1 Round detachable box magazine sights Drift Adjustable 3 Dot Front blade, rear square notch Night Sights Optional Infobox Weapon name BUL Cherokee Compact BUL G Cherokee Compact image caption origin flag Israel type Semi automatic pistol Type selection is ranged yes Service history service used by Israeli security agencies wars Production history designer design date 1999 2005 new current frame design manufacturer BUL Transmark production date 2000 present number variants BUL G Cherokee allows attachment of optional shoulder stock to backstrap. General specifications weight 705g length 190m 195mm part length 93mm Barrel width 93mm height ... Sights Optional The BUL Cherokee is a polymer framed semi automatic pistol made by Israeli firearms ... Storm . References references Manufacturer s Owner s Manual for BUL Cherokee, G Cherokee & Storm Double Action Line of Pistols . http bultransmark.net BULCherokee.htm Manufacturer Website for BUL Cherokee http world.guns.ru handguns hg206 e.htm BUL Cherokee at Modern Firearms & Ammunition External links http bultransmark.net BULCherokee.htm Manufacturer Website for BUL Cherokee http world.guns.ru handguns hg206 e.htm BUL Cherokee at Modern Firearms & Ammunition DEFAULTSORT BUL Cherokee Category ...   more details



  1. Cherokee syllabary

    Infobox Writing system name Cherokee type Syllabary time 1820s ref name f337 Sturtevant and Fogelson 337 ref present languages Cherokee language fam1 none iso15924 Cher Contains Cherokee text The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah to write the Cherokee language in the late 1810s and early ... 86 ref name f337 characters in the Cherokee syllabary provide a suitable method to write Cherokee ... Image Sequoyah.jpg thumb right 180px Sequoyah , inventor of the Cherokee syllabary Each of the characters ... to right, top to bottom. ref name WS br Image Cherokee Syllabary.svg 600px br Note v represents a nasal ... using a colon. Six distinctive vowel qualities are represented in the Cherokee syllabary based on where ... Cherokee stop sign.png thumb right 175px Cherokee syllabary in use today, Tahlequah, Oklahoma class wikitable Transliteration Cherokee letter A E I O U V GA KA GE GI GO GU GV ... work to create a writing system for the Cherokee language. After attempting to create a character for each ... shapes of the symbols were modified by Cherokee author and editor Elias Boudinot Cherokee Elias ... living 87806252.html Cherokee Nation creates syllabary keypad. Indian Country Today. 17 Mar 2010 ..., 1968 ref However, the new writing system was a key factor in enabling the Cherokee to maintain ... to the syllabary. ref name WS Walker and Sarbaugh, 1993 ref Later developments File Cherokee Central Schools.jpg thumb Sign in Cherokee, North Carolina The syllabary achieved almost instantaneous popularity, and was adopted by the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, later Cherokee Advocate , in 1828, followed by the Cherokee Messenger , a bilingual paper printed in syllabary in Indian Territory in the mid ... is still used today to transcribe recipes, religious lore, folktales, etc. In the 1960s, the Cherokee Phoenix Press published literature in the Cherokee syllabary, including the Cherokee Singing Book . ref Sturtevant and Fogelson 750 ref According to evidence as of 1980, the Cherokee language is still ...   more details



  1. Cherokee, California

    fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Cherokee other name native name nickname settlement ... ref gnis 1655889 ref elevation m 398 elevation ft 1306 footnotes Cherokee is a village unincorporated ... prior to the gold rush. But that conversly takes its name from a band of Cherokee prospectors who ..., on the 1994 Cherokee, California 7.5 minute quadrangle, a feature named Cherokee Placer Mine exists about 0.65 miles southwest of the above coordinates. USGS identifies Cherokee Flat and Drytown as historic variant names for the community. The town is located on Cherokee Road off California State Route 70 State Route 70 . Today, Cherokee now consists of a museum and a Cherokee cemetery, as well as a few houses. The Cherokee Heritage and Museum Association maintains both. The ZIP Code is 95965. The community is inside area code 530 . History The area that is now Cherokee was once populated by the Maidu . Around 1818 Spanish explorers found gold on Cherokee s south side near Table Mountain. In 1849 Cherokee Indians came from Oklahoma . Wales Welsh miners came in the 1850s, naming the town after the Cherokee and constructing many buildings in town. Image Cherokee Ruins On Table Mountain.jpg right thumb 300px Ruins Of Cherokee Bank Thomas Edison owned one of the mines which sprung up in the area ... the mining period, and Butte County s first homes with running water were built in Cherokee. In 1880 ... Bidwell came to visit Cherokee s famous hydraulic gold mine. In the 1890s, the gold mines were sold ... office operated at Cherokee from 1854 to 1912. ref name CGN California s Geographic Names 211 ref Cherokee as a tourist attraction Visitors come to Cherokee to see the museum and the cemetery, and for its ... Kay Grant, The Remains Of Cherokee A California Gold Rush Town, offbeattravel.com External links http www.rockincherokee.com CHEROKEE CHEROK 1.htm A page of images from Cherokee Butte County, California ... Unincorporated communities in California ButteCountyCA geo stub California ghost town stub es Cherokee ...   more details



  1. Cherokee society

    Unreferenced date February 2010 File Little miss cwy 2007.jpg thumb 200px Little Miss Cherokee 2007, Park Hill, Oklahoma File Roger cain booger mask.jpg thumb 200px Cherokee artist and ethnobotanist, Roger Cain of Stilwell, Oklahoma , explains Cherokee masks, 2007. The mask on the left is a Booger Mask. Cherokee society refers to the society and culture of the Cherokee or a ni yv wi ya i in Cherokee language people. The Cherokee are a people native to North America who at the time of European ... the majority of the tribe was forcefully moved to Indian Territory . Cherokee society was traditionally organized into seven clans, with Cherokee villages having two governmental units with one government ... to Cherokee society. During the year, the Cherokee celebrated the Cherokee Moons Ceremonies . The capital of the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is Tahlequah, Oklahoma . According to local legends, after the arrival of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, the three chiefs of the Cherokee People Red Chief, White Chief, and the Medicine Chief had scheduled a rendezvous ... and approved the site and named it Tahle quah . In Cherokee, Tahle represents the number two and quah ... a quorum and felt they could make the decision on the townsite for the Cherokee Nation Capitol ... February 2010 The seven Cherokee Clans Main Cherokee Clans Ancient Cherokee or Ah ni yv wi ya society ... or Wild Cat Clan a ni sa ho ni in Cherokee made a medicine from a bluish colored plant called the Cherokee black drink for purification ceremonies. Long Hair also Twister, Hair Hanging Down, or Wind Clan ah ni gi lo hi in Cherokee wore their hair in elaborate hairdos, walked in a proud ... a ni tsi s qua in Cherokee were the keepers of the birds, skilled in using blowguns and snares for bird hunting. Paint Clan a ni wo di in Cherokee made red paint and gathered the sacred colors used in the ceremonies. Deer Clan a ni a wi in Cherokee were the keepers of the deer and were ...   more details



  1. Cherokee history

    main Cherokee File Kittuwa mound cherokee nc1.jpg thumb 280px Kituwa Mound, location of the Cherokee mother town in North Carolina Cherokee history draws upon the oral tradition s and written history of the Cherokee people, who are currently enrolled in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians , Cherokee Nation , and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians , living predominantly in North Carolina and Oklahoma ... views about Cherokee origins. One is that the Cherokees are relative latecomers to Southern Appalachia ... Chronicles v016 v016p003.html Eastern Cherokee Chiefs. Chronicles of Oklahoma ... to the Cherokee, including Moundville Archaeological Site Moundville and Etowah Indian Mounds Etowah Mounds but are in fact Muscogee Creek. Pisgah Phase sites are associated with precontact Cherokee culture, and historic Cherokee villages featured artifacts with iconography from the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex . The other possibility is that Cherokee people have lived in eastern North ... Mississippian Period 800 to 1500 CE , Cherokee ancestors developed a new variety of corn called ..., especially the Green Corn Ceremony . Early culture Image Cherokee original claims1.PNG thumb left ... Much of what is known about pre 19th century Cherokee culture and society comes from the papers of American writer John Howard Payne . The Payne papers describe the account by Cherokee elders of a traditional ... debated, with the origin of the decline often located with a revolt by the Cherokee against the abuses ... James Mooney , who studied the Cherokee in the late 1880s, first traced the decline of the former hierarchy to this revolt. ref Mooney, p. 392. ref By the time of Mooney, the structure of Cherokee ... written in the 19th century by the didanvwisgi Cherokee , Cherokee Medicine man medicine men , after Sequoyah s creation of the Cherokee syllabary in the 1820s. Initially only the didanvwisgi ... were widely adopted by the Cherokee people. Unlike most other Indians in the American southeast ...   more details



  1. Cherokee Clans

    date June 2010 Image Greatsealofthecherokee.png thumb The symbolism of the Cherokee National Seal includes seven points for the seven clans. The Cherokee Clans were the traditional social organization of early Cherokee society. There are currently seven recognized Cherokee clans. The Seven Cherokee Clans Anigatogewi or Wild Potato Clan Were known to be farmers and gatherers of the wild ... name mooney Mooney, James. Myths of the Cherokee. Mineola, NY Dover Publications, 1995 507 548. ref ... this clan at one time in Cherokee history and wore a white feather robe. The Clan color for the Anigilohi ... hnvwi sgi healers and Adawehi wise men , traditionally came from this clan at one time in Cherokee ... of the Cherokee clans Customs of the Cherokee clans have evolved since ancient times, however, traditionalists ... Cherokee culture, Stomp Dances still observe clan rules and hierarchy for Stomp Dance events. The Cherokee society is historically a matrilineality matrilineal society meaning clanship is attained ... among the Western Cherokee in Oklahoma, with the home and children belonging to her should she separate ... today among Cherokee traditionalists, it is forbidden to marry within your clan. Clan members ... had to be adopted into a clan by a clan mother. If the person was a woman who had borne a Cherokee child and was married to a Cherokee man, she could be taken into a new clan, and her husband was required to leave his clan and live with her in her new clan. Men who were not Cherokee and married into a Cherokee household had to be adopted into a clan by a clan mother, he could not take his wife ... of the older Cherokee life back east Tsalagi Uweti . At some Oklahoma Cherokee ceremonial grounds ... be from this clan ref name cherokee http www.cherokee.org Culture 24 Page default.aspx Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center. Anigilohi. Cherokee Nation retrieved 18 Jan 09 ref . In the times of the Peace ..., orphans of other tribes, and others with no Cherokee tribe were often adopted into this clan, thus ...   more details




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