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  2. Cherokee clans - Wikipedia

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    "Anitsiskwa" or "Anitsisqua" (Cherokee syllabary:ᎠᏂᏥᏍᏆ) is the "Bird Clan". [1] Members of the Anitsiskwa, or Bird Clan, were historically known as messengers. The belief that birds are messengers between earth and heaven, or the People and Creator, gave the members of this clan the responsibility of caring for the birds.

  3. Cherokee society - Wikipedia

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    Little Miss Cherokee 2007, Park Hill, Oklahoma Cherokee society is the culture and societal structures shared by the Cherokee people. The Cherokee people are Indigenous to the mountain and inland regions of the southeastern United States in the areas of present-day North Carolina, and historically in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Northern Mountainous areas, now called the Blue Ridge ...

  4. Category:Cherokee clans - Wikipedia

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    Bird Clan of the Cherokee‎ (1 P) D. ... Wild Potato Clan of the Cherokee‎ (1 P) Wolf Clan of the Cherokee‎ (3 P) Pages in category "Cherokee clans"

  5. Doublehead - Wikipedia

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    Drumgoole was a descendant of Alexander Drumgoole, a trader to the Cherokees. Bird Doublehead, Nannie's son with Doublehead, was twelve years old and residing at the home of Thomas Clark when his father was killed by the Cherokee assassins, Alexander Sanders and The Ridge (later known as Major Ridge, after the Creek War).

  6. List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee Nation–East adopted a written constitution in 1827, creating a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The Principal Chief was elected by the National Council, which was the legislature of the Nation. The Cherokee Nation–West adopted a similar constitution in 1833.

  7. Nancy C. Maryboy - Wikipedia

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    Nancy Maryboy is Cherokee and Navajo (Diné), from the Cherokee Bird Clan, the Navajo Deer Springs Clan, and the Navajo Cliff Dweller Clan. [1] Her family includes traditional and medical healers. [2] Maryboy's name in Cherokee is Tsawayuga, meaning "bird." [1] She lived on the Navajo Nation for twenty-five years. [3]

  8. List of avian humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Free Cherokee. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006 . Retrieved October 31, 2005 . — a story from a story teller of the Bird Clan of East Central Alabama that parallels the evolution of birds from dinosaurs

  9. John Ross (Cherokee chief) - Wikipedia

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    John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: Guwisguwi, lit. 'Mysterious Little White Bird'; October 3, 1790 – August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; he served longer in that position than any other person.