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Western North Carolina Native American History Resources - Cherokee
Focused literature by and about Native Americans in Western North Carolina is not extensive. Early accounts of the life of the Cherokee, the Catawba and other tribes are scattered within early traveler's accounts, government documents, periodicals, and in fiction and non-fiction books. Also, it is often difficult to derive material specific to the region from the more extensive body of literature on Native Americans. This bibliography does not seek to be comprehensive. It is a work in progress with primary focus on local holdings pertaining to the Eastern Band of Cherokee, but includes other Native American resources. To explore some of the early nineteenth
and twentieth century descriptions of Native Americans, see Race
and Ethnicity. |
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Abel, Annie Heloise The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist 1919 UNCA Original edition issued as volume one of Abel's work, The Slaveholding Indians. Section devoted to slaveholding Eastern Band of Cherokee and their participation in the Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Arneach, Lloyd The Animals' Ballgame: a Cherokee Story from the Eastern Band 1990 Western Carolina University Book illustrated by Lydia G. Halverson with sound cassette. |
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Browder, Nathaniel C. The Cherokee Indians and Those Who Came After: Notes for a History of Cherokee County, North Carolina, 1835-1860 (Draft Copy) 1973 UNCA Cherokee history, census and genealogy resource. |
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Carney, Virginia Moore. A Testament to Tenacity: Cultural Persistence in the Letters and Speeches of Eastern Band Cherokee Women 2000 Western Carolina University Author's dissertation (University of Kentucky). |
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Duncan, Barbara, et al The Cherokee Artist Directory 2001 2001 UNCA - NC Documents Museum of the Cherokee Indian in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council and the Cultural Resources Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: "A project of the Blue Ridge Heritage Initiative, a collaboration of local, tribal, state, and federal partners in the Appalachian region of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia." |
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Dykeman, Wilma and Jim Stokely Highland Homeland: the People of the Great Smokies 1978 UNCA - Special Collections Includes chapters on Cherokee history. |
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Planning Board
(Tribal Council) Comprehensive Plan 1974 Western Carolina University Seven volume work that explores the following topics: Population & economy study - Environmental reconnaissance inventory - The impact of land tenure - Land use analysis and initial housing study - Index for maps (with supplement for Cherokee County tracts) - Commercial areas appearance improvement program - Recreation development guide. |
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The Eastern Cherokees: How
They Live Today, Their History 1937 UNCA - Special Collections Government published information pamphlet. |
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Finger, John Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century 1992 UNCA Traces twentieth-century history and social conditions. |
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Finger, John R. The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900 UNCA 1984 |
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Frizzell, George E. The Legal Status of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 1981 Western Carolina University Thesis (M. A.) |
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Galloway, Mary Regina Ulmer, ed. Aunt Mary, Tell Me a Story: a Collection of Cherokee Legends and Tales 1990 Western Carolina University - Special Collections As told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey with illustrations by Lib Lambert, John Barton Galloway and Goingback Chiltoskey. |
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Gilbert, William H. The Eastern Cherokees 1978 UNCA Reprint of the 1943 edition published by the Smithsonian Institution as a bulletin for the Bureau of American Ethnology. |
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Gilbert, William H. The Cherokees of North Carolina: Living Memorials of the Past 1957 UNCA - Special Collections Part of a Smithsonian annual report. |
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Gray, Sam Mythic Maps: an Exhibition of Cherokee Legends in the Appalachian Landscape 1979 UNCA - Special Collections Presented by the Mountain Heritage Center of Western Carolina University. |
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Hamilton, Anna Blanche Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting: Cherokee Indian legend 1954 Appalachian State University - Special Collections As retold by Hamilton with illustrations by Cherokee Indian School (Cherokee, N.C.) elementary students. |
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ndians of North Carolina: Past and
Present 1999 UNCA - Reference Contains a section of biographical and historical information on the Eastern Band of Cherokee. |
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Jarrett, Robert Frank Occoneechee: the Maid of the Mystic Lake 1946 UNCA - Special Collections Includes a glossary of Cherokee words. |
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Johnson, F. Roy Stories of the Old Cherokees: Based on Reports and Collections of James Mooney and Others 1975 Appalachian State University |
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Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick and Anna Gritts Kilpatrick Eastern Cherokee Folktales 1966 Western Carolina University Reconstructed from the field notes of Frans M. Olbrechts. A bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. |
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Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick, ed. The Wahnenauhi Manuscript: Historical Sketches of the Cherokees, Together with Some of Their Customs, Traditions, and Superstitions 1966 Western Carolina University Memoirs of Lucy L. Keys (Wahnenauhi), a nineteenth-century Cherokee, as edited by Kilpatrick. |
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Kupferer, Harriet J. The "Principal People," 1960: a Study of Cultural and Social Groups of the Eastern Cherokee 1966 Western Carolina University |
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Lee, E. Lawrence Indian Wars in North Carolina, 1663-1763 1963 UNCA |
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Long, Marcelina Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: Genealogy Workbook 1998 Appalachian State University Compiled for Cherokee Publications. |
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Middleton, T. Walter Qualla, Home of the Middle Cherokee Settlement: Tales of the Great Smoky Mountains' Native Americans 1999 Western Carolina University |
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Mooney, James Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees 1972 UNCA Reprints of the 1900 and 1891 landmark editions respectively, published in the 19th and 7th Annual Reports from the Bureau of American Ethnology. |
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Mooney, James The Swimmer Manuscript: Cherokee Sacred Formulas and Medicinal Prescriptions 1932 Western Carolina University - Special Collections Revised, completed and edited by Frans M. Olbrechts. |
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Moore, David G., ed. The Conference on Cherokee Prehistory 1986 Western Carolina University - State "Papers presented at the Conference on Cherokee Prehistory: the archaeology of an Appalachian culture, Warren Wilson College, September 14-15, 1984. Sponsored by Warren Wilson College and the Western Office of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History and funded in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee." |
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North Carolina Indians 1982 Appalachian State University N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs published pamphlet. |
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North Carolina Task Force
to Study State-Cherokee Tribe Relations Final Report of Task Force to Study State-Cherokee Tribe Relations 1985 Western Carolina University |
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O'Donnell, James H., III The Cherokees of North Carolina in the American Revolution 1976 UNCA |
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Perdue, Theda Native Carolinians: the Indians of North Carolina 1985 UNCA |
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Perry, Myra Jean Food Use of "Wild" Plants by Cherokee Indians 1974 Appalachian State University Author's M.S. thesis is specific to the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina. |
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Rights, Douglas L. The American Indian in North Carolina 1947 (1957) UNCA Exceptionally well-indexed classic study of North Carolina Indians. |
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Rivers, Olivia S. The Changes in Composition, Function, and Aesthetic Criteria as a Result of Acculturation Found in Five Traditional Dances of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina 1990 Appalachian State University Author's Ph. D. thesis from University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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Royce, Charles C. The Cherokee Nation of Indians 1975 Appalachian State University Details treaties and government relations. |
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Scalone, Lorraine The Peacekeepers: A Qualitative Study of an Intervention Program for Children Who are At-Risk for School Failure 1997 Western Carolina University Master's thesis specifically focusing on education services for Cherokee children. |
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Schroedl, Gerald F. Overhill Cherokee Archaeology at Chota-Tanasee 1986 Western Carolina University University of Tennessee Department of Anthropology report of archaeological excavation investigations. |
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Setzler, Frank M. and Jesse D. Jennings Peachtree Mound and Village Site, Cherokee County, North Carolina 1946 UNCA - Special Collections With appendix and details of skeletal remains from the Peachtree site by T. D. Stewart. |
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Sharp, J. Ed. The Cherokees, Past and Present: an Authentic Guide to the Cherokee People 1970 UNCA Discusses Cherokee history, social life and customs. |
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Siler, David W. The Eastern Cherokees: a Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina 1972 Appalachian State University Reproduction. |
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Siler, Margaret R. Cherokee Indian Lore and Smoky Mountain Stories 1990 Western Carolina University Edited by Barbara A. McRae with artwork by James H. McRae. |
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Smith, Chadwick Corntassel and Rennard Strickland. Building One Fire: Art + World View in Cherokee Life. 2010 Tahlequaj, Oklahoma: Cherokee Nation, 2010. Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation collaborates with Strickland in describing eighty artists who express Cherokee philosophy and craft. |
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South, Stanley A. Indians in North Carolina 1959 UNCA - Juvenile Literature |
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Speck, Frank G., and Leonard Broom Cherokee Dance and Drama 1951 Western Carolina University Written in collaboration with Will West Long. |
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Spindel, Donna Introductory Guide to Indian-Related Records, to 1876, in the North Carolina State Archives 1977 Appalachian State University |
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Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians 1978-1996 UNCA Smithsonian Institution publication. Volume 4 details the History of Indian-White Relations, while volumes 9 and 10 discuss Indians of the Southwest. |
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Underwood, Thomas Bryan and Moselle Stack Sandlin Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears 1956 UNCA From the nineteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Adapted from the John Burnett Version of the Cherokee removal, courtesy of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. |
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United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs Indians of North Carolina 1968 Western Carolina University - Special Collections |
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United States Congress,
Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs Memorial of the Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees: Mr. Morgan Presented the Following Memorial of the Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees, So Called, Praying for the Payment to Them Per Capita of the Trust Fund Due Under the Ninth Article of the Treaty of 1846 1900 Appalachian State University |
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United States, General Land Office Cherokee Indian Reservation Eastern Band Cherokee Indians Field Notes of the Qualla Boundary Survey 1878 Western Carolina University Land survey field notes of the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, 1878, from a survey of the Cherokee Reservation / Qualla Boundary. Includes land surveys from the adjoining counties of Swain, Graham, Jackson, Macon and Cherokee. |
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United States, National Archives and Records Service American Indians: a Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications 1984 Appalachian State University Summarizes the historical background for different record groupings relating to Indians in the National Archives. Frequently mentions the Cherokee. |
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United States, Office of
Indian Affairs Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in Response to Resolution of the House of February 25, 1882, Relative to the Lands and Funds of the Eastern Band of North Carolina Cherokees 1882 Appalachian State University Report prepared in the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. |
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White, Alice D. (Cherokee
County Historical Museum) The Heritage of Cherokee County, North Carolina 1987 UNCA - Special Collections |
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PERIODICAL ARTICLES |
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Finger, John. "Termination and the Eastern Band of Cherokees." American Indian
Quarterly 15.2 (1991): 153-170. French, Laurence. "Tourism and Indian Exploitation: A Social Indictment." The Indian Historian 10.4 (1977):19-24. Oakley, Christopher Arris. "Indian Gaming and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians." North Carolina Historical Review 78.2 (2001): 133-155. |
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Bibliography contributions and maintenance by
Janet Ferguson, Public Services Librarian
UNC-Asheville Last Updated 13 December 2004 ; Updates by Special Collections staff Jan. 2011 |
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