Cherokee Tribe

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Welcome to the Cherokee Tribe...
The Cherokees are original residents of the American southeast region, particularly Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Most Cherokees were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's along the Trail of Tears.

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LadyHawkღ

Very nice Doug!..thank you for the invite!
Hugs,
ladyHawk

Jul 30, 2010
Cindy Partipilo

Thank you Doug!

Jul 30, 2010
WILLA NYOKA (ADMIN)

OSIYO AND WADO BROTHER DOUG FOR THE INVITE. MANY BLESSSING TO YOU.

Jul 31, 2010
Cindy Partipilo

O'siyo, have a great weekend everyone!

Aug 27, 2010
ERIC SHARP

A very nice site peace to you all

Aug 31, 2010
Cindy Partipilo

Looking good Doug!

Sep 24, 2010
Bishop William M. Moore

History is great when Spainard Ship records were keep . Who all knew there was a White Native American Indian Tribe in South Carolina prior to Columbus recorded in 1521 .

Oct 1, 2010
LadyHawkღ

Cherokee Indian Fry Bread
ga-do di-gv-tsa-la-nv-hi a-yv-wi-ya
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add warm water in small amounts and knead dough until soft but not sticky. Adjust flour or water as needed. Cover bowl and let stand about 15 minutes.
Pull off large egg-sized balls of dough and roll out into fairly thin rounds. Fry rounds in hot oil until bubbles appear on the dough, turn over and fry on the other side until golden.

Serve hot. Try brushing on honey, or making into an Indian Taco.

Buttermilk Fry Bread
Substitute buttermilk for water. Follow the same recipe.

Oct 23, 2010
LadyHawkღ

Great video Doug!

Nov 15, 2010
LadyHawkღ

For the first time in 250 years a Cherokee home has been built. A recently completed ‘winter home’ was constructed inside the Cherokee Heritage Center’s Ancient Village.

These homes served Cherokee families in the early 18th century survive the harsh winters of the Cherokee’s eastern lands. A fire pit in the center of the house provided the heat the Cherokees needed as they gathered around it to share stories. Two pilot homes that were recently finished at Heritage Center will serve as models for a pair of eight that will be added.

The wood used was consistent with wood that was present in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina. The winter home Cherokees lived in was usually 25 feet in diameter with a large amount of dirt packed around the base.

The Cherokee Phoenix reported that when completed, the entire completed village will have 13 stations for demonstrations like basket weaving and canoe making, with winter and summer council townhouses built. There will also be an orchard, a plaza, gardens, a ball field and a recirculating stream. Plants and trees important to Cherokee people will also be planted, including river cane.

Jan 22, 2011
Robert Spiritwalker Murchison

A portion of my great grandfather's siblings ended up on the Muscogee rolls while the rest including him ended up on the Tsalagi rolls. Our family was of both nations though when our family first moved to the "Indian Territory" they were on the Cherokee Old Settlers Rolls. Several of our members have not forgotten that, though the federal government only allows enrollment in one tribe, we are of two honored nations.
While I have been told that we have been related to a number of our chiefs, I can so far only prove it with one through genealogy. I will save that for a later comment or discussion.
Peace and Blessings, Spiritwalker.

Mar 21, 2011
Rumiana As-Nova Alexander

Hallo Doug,Lady Hawk,Willa Noyka,rev.Joseph Verett,Selene,Goldeneagle,Edmond,Robin Ritter,I sincerely pray for all the good Cherokee tribe people and for the Warrior nation,to be content of our life,nature,love for the felowman,native wisdom,preservation from the coming tribulation,to stay close to the Big Spirit=God-Goddess and wait to live in his new Earth+Heaven,where the suffering,poor and meek will enherit the future,rise your loving unity,hope+believe+inner peace,do not allow the material evil world to trap you!:Rumiana{Dove}

May 1, 2011
LadyHawkღ

CHEROKEE TIDBITS
Cherokee legend explains that the Great Smoky Mountains were created by a Great Buzzard. When the earth was soft and still forming, the Great Buzzard flew too close and as its wing tips pushed the ground down, the Mountains popped up. Another story tells of the Great Spirit, who turned men into bears for being too lazy.

The Cherokee Nation was divided into 7 clans; Deer, Wolf, Bird, Paint, Ani-Saha-ni, Ani-Gatagewi, and Ani-Gila-hi.

The Cherokees called themselves the Ani-Yun' wiya, meaning "real People", "leading people", or "principal people." The term Cherokee was probably given to them by their neighbors in the southeast, the Creeks, who called them "Tciloki", meaning "people of a different speech."

Gideon Blackburn (1772-1838) was a Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and missionary to the Cherokee Indians.

Chief John Ross was born October 2, 1790.

The authors of the John Howard Payne manuscripts on Cherokee life and customs (1836) believed that the Cherokee were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. John Haywood, in his Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee (1828), advanced the idea that the Cherokee were compounded of tribes from India and Scythia. (Joseph Smith said that he received the plates which began the Church of Latter-Day Saints in 1827.)

Henry Starr, a Cherokee half-breed, was born at Fort Gibson on December 2, 1873. He was arrested and jailed many times for bank robberies. After his third conviction he was sent to the federal prison in Columbus Ohio but was pardoned by President Theodore Roosevelt. He returned to the Cherokee Nation, married and settled down. Finding life too tame, he was finally killed trying to rob a bank in Harrison, Arkansas.

Black cowboy Henry Clay taught Will Rogers roping tricks.

In 1939, Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra REcorded "Cherokee" for Bluebird Records.

Sequoyah's statue stands in the capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Jun 19, 2011
E.J. Mayton

Monday morning, may the week bring blessings that we are not to busy to accept, anyone read Walking the Trail by Jerry Ellis?

Aug 1, 2011
LadyHawkღ

Oct 1, 2011
Tsoi Tawodi

I find it intersting that Chad Smith, chief of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma put his signature on this bill. I wote him a letter and let him know that he, the head of this nation, with a stroke of his pen became the first Native Person to break a treaty with the U.S. The Freed Men were part of a deal in 1907...he broke that treaty and his reply was that things are different now. NO..THEY ARE NOT...this is all about money and it disgusts me that our people would agree to such a thing. Many blacks became members of the People and now when money is involved it makes me want to puke to see this Nation becoming so white in it's ways. Chad Smith is a disgrace to do this to the decendents of the Freed Men. When our people take on the ways of the dominant society for money...something our ancestors never needed...I want to vomit and must wonder what the old ones who have gone before us must be thinking. I am Tsalagi..Cherokee from Oklahoma. This act is sickening...but it is the White way and our people have totally lost their way with the honor factor. How very very sad. Today is all about quantum...money...and so little regard for the ways we all once walked. Full bloods are often angry..mixed bloods so often seek to live in the old ways and they get denounced by the 'full bloods'...a total joke to be sure. I have met full bloods who have no clue as to their ancestry and have met mixed bloods who want so much to hold fast to the ways of our old ones...ways of honor...oneness with earth and all our relations. This is a sad day for the Oklahoma Nation of Cherokee...very dark and very sad. Now they have no need to see the wisdom of the old ones, they only need to seek the money of the dominant society. Diane Fienstien, a senator, reccommended that federal funds be discontinued to the Cherokee Nation of Okla...over this act...I hope they cut their money off..they have a casino...our black brothers and sisters who were a part of this nation are getting the shaft. Chad Smith...what a pathetic leader of a once proud people.

Oct 1, 2011
Tsoi Tawodi

Quantum

Of Creator I am
One with all that is
A tear on a journey earthward
Born of a Cloud Peoples pain

I feel Earth Mothers agony
Her keepers are walking away
Questing for gold
Ignoring a trust

I am the tear
Forming pools
Streams and rivers
Filling oceans

I honor Earth Mother
Cleansing her face
Refreshing her spirit
Nourishing her children

From cheek to pool
Stream to river
Ocean to Clouds
I am often mixed

My purity may change
Yet my purpose does not
I am Water
Seeker of balance and harmony

Sustainer of life
I give to all
My quantum seldom pure
Holding judgment over none

Because I am often mixed
Will you say I am not Water?
Is the tear falling
Less than morning’s dew?

Has Creator declared this?
Or is it you?
Purity does not create our path
It is defined by ones spirit

I am Water
I quench your thirst in life
I care nothing of your quantum
I am not your judge

Yet will you judge me?
And declare me less than?
Are you above the lesser quantum?
Do you bind as secret, Earth Ways given to heal?

If so,
White Cracker has trained you well
Does his number make you greater?
Or his card give you special medicine?

I am Water
Seldom pure
Open to sharing Earth Healing
Even giving to you

I am of Creator
I know who I am
I am assigned no number
I carry no white man’s card

My ancestors were here before you
And the Cloud People before them
Are not our Rock People the First Peoples,
Born of a Great Mystery’s energy?

I am Water
Mixed or pure
I am still your brother
I am still your sister

Will your quantum seclude you
From your own family less pure?
They too are your brothers
And your sisters as well

Grandfather Sun does not hide his healing ways
Not from you
Nor from me
Or from any of our relations

Is not the goodness of spirit a molding power?
Creating those who will care for Earth Mother?
Shall any hide secrets that could heal her?
And watch her die as they remain smug?

The hatreds spread by a White Cloud
Were not limited to full quantum
Many felt this pain
Not just you

I am Water
Born of Creator
Mixed or pure
My path is one of honor

You are you
Born of Creator
But who are you?
And what have you become?

Sidanelai

3 Hawks

Oct 1, 2011
Rumiana As-Nova Alexander

Osoy to Tzoi Tawodi,so beautiful and filled with native wisdom and truth,thank you for let me be part of this quantum poetry for the meaning of the water,as we are made 90% of it and is the sign of Jesus,Moses,the Sons of the Creator,who heal us with the life giving,sustaining us animals,fish,birds,plants-divine nature,nourished with the water,for the Big Spirit loved us so much,to make us on His image,to protect the Mother Earth+the Goddess=Holy Spirit-Cosmic energy,we are obliged to them to love+guard the Blue planet Earth, love from Rumiana As-Nova{Dove}+all my blessings to my friends warriors!!!

Oct 1, 2011
Mary Lou Carpenter/Langley

I know who I am in the theory of existence and spirit...but I don't know where I come from

This was kept secret from me growing up. I am told what I am like pieces of pie divided between different peoples and that some are just lucky enough to have more of me than most...so to speak.

I have more Cherokee blood in me than any other nationality or tribe, but I am not greater than 50% anything...so what am I?

I ask my mom...she tells me that I look white so I should say I am.

Am I Cherokee?
Am I Caucasian?
Or am I just a pie cut into different pieces and belong nowhere?

When I'm asked on job applications I just mark "prefer not to say" cause I feel like the pie that belongs nowhere. Especially when they tell you that you can only mark one...

Dec 28, 2011
David White Hawk Administrator

Thank You for the invite

Sep 30, 2012
Waya Ageyuhi(Loving Wolf)

autumn equinox I hope those wishing to are in preparation for our Cherokee New Year which falls on Oct 15th this year. It's on the first new moon after the equinox. . Some are forgiving others, old debts are forgiven, cleaning all your homes, buildings, vehicles, and be ready to cleanse your home with a cedar smudging around

Oct 15th. Some other old ways are giving away older food and replenishing, gifts to those you want to like elders etc, have new clothes to put on after going to water. I do my cleaning etc up to the new moon then use cedar to cleanse then go to water before sun rises on the night of the 15 th this year. You can go anytime after midnight but before sun up on the 16th. If you can't do it on those days just know that's when we would and go whens best according to when you can go.

most important thing! If you have a fire you need to clean it all out and start a new fire on the new year. Some have indoor fires but some only have outdoor fires.

Oct 9, 2012
Pauline Dawson

+Though not born of the Nation I have always felt like a child of the people as some time you get the feeling of being from an other time and place I feel great heart ache in reading "Trail of Tears" with so any good people being lost along the way. May Peace soon be upon Mother Earth.

Oct 12, 2012
Christina

In honor and respect, Cherokee Nation flags will be flying at half-staff today in remembrance.

A message from our Cherokee Nation Veterans Affairs Office:
Fellow Citizens,
Just a reminder that as we go about our busy day, to take a few moments to reflect on the events of 71 years ago today. The Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and actually brought the United States into WW II. About 2,400 Americans were killed that Sunday morning, and about half of those were aboard the USS Arizona. Only about ten of those who survived aboard the Arizona are alive today. Please make a prayer for all the brave souls who gave their lives during WW II. Many Cherokee and other Native Americans made the ultimate sacrifice so that you and I can enjoy the freedom that they all believed in. Please feel free to share this message with those not on this network.
Respectfully submitted,
Rogan Noble, Cpl. of Marines ’68-‘72
Office of Veterans Affairs

Cherokee Nation

Dec 7, 2012
Christina

R.I.P. Secretary of State Charles Head, in your journey over the Rainbow Bridge. Prayers for comfort and strength to your family. May the Creator always watch over and protect them in this time of sorrow.

Jan 30, 2013
David White Hawk Administrator

"But we have to stick by the wisdom of our ancestors..."

A long time ago the Elders and our ancestors learned to walk on the Earth and to live in harmony. They were taught the Laws which govern everything, and they were taught traditional values. This wisdom should be made available to the younger generations. We need to speak to the Elders and learn from them. We need to do this so we can pass the knowledge on to our children.

My Creator, help me learn the wisdom of my ancestors.

Oct 22, 2013

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