Awards
- Runner-up for Chicago Folklore Prize 2023
- Runner-up for Chicago Folklore Prize 2023 (United States)
Overview
**2nd place for the 2023 Chicago Folklore Prize** Ayetli gadogv--to ""stand in the middle""--is at the heart of a Cherokee perspective of the natural world. From this stance, Cherokee Earth Dwellers offers a rich understanding of nature grounded in Cherokee creature names, oral traditional stories, and reflections of knowledge holders. During his lifetime, elder Hastings Shade created booklets with over six hundred Cherokee names for animals and plants. With this foundational collection at its center, and weaving together a chorus of voices, this book emerges from a deep and continuing collaboration between Christopher B. Teuton, Hastings Shade, Loretta Shade, and others. Positioning our responsibilities as humans to our more-than-human relatives, this book presents teachings about the body, mind, spirit, and wellness that have been shared for generations. From clouds to birds, oceans to quarks, this expansive Cherokee view of nature reveals a living, communicative world and humanity's role within it.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher B. Teuton ,
Loretta Shade ,
Hastings Shade ,
Larry Shade
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780295750187
ISBN 10: 0295750189
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 14 March 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Cherokee Earth Dwellers imparts a full, rich, and exciting vision of a living Cherokee cosmos that fosters balance, health, maturity, and awareness of the interconnection of all that is. * Foreword Reviews * Found throughout the book are stories and illustrations that are of immense value in Cherokee culture and that are still told today. * Cherokee Phoenix *
"""Cherokee Earth Dwellers imparts a full, rich, and exciting vision of a living Cherokee cosmos that fosters balance, health, maturity, and awareness of the interconnection of all that is."" * Foreword Reviews * ""Found throughout the book are stories and illustrations that are of immense value in Cherokee culture and that are still told today."" * Cherokee Phoenix *"
"""Cherokee Earth Dwellers imparts a full, rich, and exciting vision of a living Cherokee cosmos that fosters balance, health, maturity, and awareness of the interconnection of all that is."" * Foreword Reviews * ""Found throughout the book are stories and illustrations that are of immense value in Cherokee culture and that are still told today."" * Cherokee Phoenix * ""An immensely rich volume that will prove valuable to both scholars in Indigenous studies and Cherokee communities as they continue Shade’s work of cultural education and language revitalization."" * Pacific Northwest Quarterly (PNQ) *"
Cherokee Earth Dwellers imparts a full, rich, and exciting vision of a living Cherokee cosmos that fosters balance, health, maturity, and awareness of the interconnection of all that is. * Foreword Reviews *
Author Information
Christopher B. Teuton (Cherokee Nation) is professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington. He is author of Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club. Hastings Shade (1941–2010) was deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003) and named a Cherokee National Treasure in 1991. Loretta Shade (1946–2021) was a master level speaker of the Cherokee language and named a Cherokee National Treasure in 2018. Larry Shade (Cherokee Nation) is an educator and cultural traditionalist. MaryBeth Timothy (Cherokee Nation) is an accomplished artist noted for depictions of Native life and the natural world.
