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When James Mooney lived with and studied the Cherokee between 1887
and 1900, they were the largest and most important Indian tribe in
the United States. His dispassionate account of their history from
the time of their first contact with whites until the end of the
nineteenth century is more than a sequence of battles won and lost,
treaties signed and broken, towns destroyed and people massacred.
There is humanity along with inhumanity in the relations between
the Cherokee and other groups, Indian and non-Indian; there is
fortitude and persistence balanced with disillusionment and
frustration. In these respects, the history of the Cherokee
epitomizes the experience of most Native Americans. The Cherokee
Nation ceased to exist as a political entity seven years after the
initial study was done, when Oklahoma became a state.In the
introduction to the original publication of this history in 1900,
James Mooney commented that "there is change indeed in dress and
outward seeming, but the heart of the Indian is still his own."
This history was originally included in the 19th Annual Report of
the Bureau of American Ethnology.It was republished under the
auspices of the National Anthropological Archives of the
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, at the request of the
Governing Body of the Cherokee Nation, in 1975, with new
introductory material and supplementary illustrations from the
archives. The volume has a foreword from W.W. Keeler, chief of the
Cherokee Nation, and an introduction by Richard Mack Bettis,
president of the Tulsa Tsa-La-Gi-Ya Cherokee Community.
When James Mooney lived with and studied the Cherokee between
1887 and 1900, they were the largest and most important Indian
tribe in the United States. His dispassionate account of their
history from the time of their first contact with whites until the
end of the nineteenth century is more than a sequence of battles
won and lost, treaties signed and broken, towns destroyed and
people massacred. There is humanity along with inhumanity in the
relations between the Cherokee and other groups, Indian and
non-Indian; there is fortitude and persistence balanced with
disillusionment and frustration. In these respects, the history of
the Cherokee epitomizes the experience of most Native Americans.
The Cherokee Nation ceased to exist as a political entity seven
years after the initial study was done, when Oklahoma became a
state.
In the introduction to the original publication of this history
in 1900, James Mooney commented that "there is change indeed in
dress and outward seeming, but the heart of the Indian is still his
own." This history was originally included in the 19th Annual
Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
It was republished under the auspices of the National
Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural
History, at the request of the Governing Body of the Cherokee
Nation, in 1975, with new introductory material and supplementary
illustrations from the archives. The volume has a foreword from
W.W. Keeler, chief of the Cherokee Nation, and an introduction by
Richard Mack Bettis, president of the Tulsa Tsa-La-Gi-Ya Cherokee
Community.
Comprehensive selection of 126 myths, including sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, wonder stories, historical traditions and miscellaneous myths and legends. Also, extensive background on Cherokee history, notes on the myths, parallels between Cherokee and other myths, much more. 20 maps and illustrations.
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The Cheyenne Indians
James Mooney; Created by Rodolphe Charles Petter
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R838
Discovery Miles 8 380
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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According to traditional Cheyenne belief, shields are living,
spirit-filled beings, radiating supernatural power from the Supreme
Being for protection and blessing. Shields stand at the nexus of
several dimensions of Cheyenne culture, including spirituality,
warfare, and artistic expression. From 1902 to 1906, fifty Cheyenne
elders spoke with famed ethnologist James Mooney, sharing with him
their interpretations of shield and tipi heraldry. Mooney’s
handwritten field notes of these conversations are the single best
source of information on Plains Native shields and tipi art
available and are a source of inestimable value today for both the
Cheyennes and for scholars. In 1955, with the blessing and
permission of the Keepers of the Two Great Covenants and the Chiefs
and Headmen of the Northern and Southern Cheyenne People, Father
Peter J. Powell began a five-decade effort to help preserve the
religion, culture, and history of the Cheyenne People for the
generations ahead. His transcriptions and annotations of Mooney’s
notes on Cheyenne heraldry is the culmination of these efforts.
This two-volume set features nearly 150 color illustrations as well
as more than 50 black and white photographs.
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