Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"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.
Nimrod Jarrett Smith (1832–1893), also called Tsaladihi (from the Cherokee pronunciation of the name "Jarrett"), [1] was the fifth Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. He is credited with gaining approval by the North Carolina legislature for the band's incorporation as a legal entity, and for gaining federal recognition ...
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 ...
Location of the Eastern Cherokee Indian Land Trust Blowgun demonstration in Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, North Carolina The Eastern Cherokee Indian Nation Land, officially known as the Qualla Boundary , is located at 35°28′43″N 83°16′20″W / 35.47861°N 83.27222°W / 35.47861; -83.27222 in western North Carolina ...
Principal Chief is today the title of the chief executives of the Cherokee Nation, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, the three federally recognized tribes of Cherokee. In the eighteenth century, when the people were primarily organized by clans and towns, they would appoint a leader ...
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).
Southern Cherokee Confederacy, Pine Log Clan. [23] Turtle Band of Cherokee. [23] United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia. [23] Letter of Intent to Petition 08/03/2000. [25] Receipt of Petition 07/31/2000. [27] Wicocomico Indian Nation, also Historic Wicocomico Indian Nation of Northumberland County, Virginia. Letter of Intent to Petition 09/15 ...
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.