People of Kituwah: The Old Ways of the Eastern Cherokees
Author:   John D. Loftin ,  Benjamin E. Frey
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520400313


Pages:   300
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John D. Loftin ,  Benjamin E. Frey
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520400313


ISBN 10:   0520400313
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents Preface  Introduction  PART ONE. BEFORE CONTACT  1. ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᏓ: Eastern Cherokee Creation and Subsistence Narratives  2. ᎠᏂᎩᏚᏩᎩ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ: Cherokee Community  3. ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏘ: Cherokee Ceremonial Life  4. ᏅᏬᏘ: Cherokee Medicine  PART TWO. AFTER CONTACT  5. The Contact Era: 1540–1760  6. Contact, Colonialism, and Christianity: 1725–1799  7. Christian Missions and the Ghost Dance: 1799–1815  8. Missionaries and Medicine Men: 1815–1828  9. Cherokees, Christianity, and Myth: 1818–1830  10. Christianity and Cherokee Removal: 1830–1838  11. Cherokee Isolation, the Civil War, and Traditional Religion: 1839–1900  12. Cherokee Traditions in the Twentieth Century  Epilogue  Notes  Bibliography  Index  

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John D. Loftin, who has been hanging around Indian Country for more than 40 years, has taught widely and written in the field of American Indian spirituality. A third-generation North Carolina lawyer, he has also represented the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians since 2003. Benjamin E. Frey is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses in Cherokee language, philosophy, and worldview, and is proficient in the Cherokee language. He is also involved in the revitalization and preservation of the Cherokee language.

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