Traditional #Cherokee Story: #Uktena and #Thunder ๐โก๏ธ
by #storyteller via #RobertLewis
#NativeAmerican #Mythology
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Markwayne Mullin and American Indian identity - real and fake.
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So many more beans to come.
A timeless taonga.
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The Judaculla is the #Cherokee version of #Sasquatch; but to Daniel he's not meant to be seen as a primitive being, but as an embodiment of the Cherokee respect for the environment, and a reflection of technology from a different cultural perspective.
I know I look #Caucasian but I am likely part #Cherokee and even if my #Colonizer #Sperm #Donor got that wrong #Gentically I Am #Rainbow #Soul. Ive always respected #Indigenous #Voices since I was forced into #Roman #Catholic #Native #Church. I Am #TwoSpirited, Grew up with #Soul thanks to my Mama's
Attendance at the #Cherokee stomp grounds declined for many years, but since the 1970s it seems to have been increasing.
แแแ แฏ แคแชแฏ dinitlohi uweya meet me at the creek. First day working at Nasami Farm, Native Plant Trust, Massachusetts #cherokee #nativeplants #tsalagi
In the west, the #Cherokee divided into two major factions. The #Cherokees who had signed the removal treaty and all of their friends, allies, and associates had become known as the Treaty Party
An illustration of the crown of Tannasy or Tanasi, presented by Sir Alexander Cuming to King Geroge in 1730.
The #Cherokee called it the Crown of Tannasy. It was made of possum fur and eagle feathers. It was a prop, something Cuming needed to make the ceremony legible to the British court he was performing it for.
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Although the #Cherokee people today are divided geographically, culturally, and politically, about 165,000 are registered citizens of the #Cherokee Nation
#Cherokee perspective on the American Wars of Independence artdaily.com/news/193972/...
Although stomp dancers were very secretive for years, there are now some groups who perform publicly to educate the general population, #Cherokee and others, regarding traditional #Cherokee ways and beliefs.
This war knocks out the juice in my Spring squeezing
Gotta make do
When life gives you limes
Make drinks with family ๐๐ #spring #happyspring
Be well & peaceful
#Cherokee
Corn silk tea & limeade
Hadrian Unveils New Manufacturing Facility Supporting U.S. Navy Submarine Programs #United_States #Manufacturing #Hadrian #Navy #Cherokee
The word #Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a #Choctaw word meaning "Cave People." It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted and adopted by #Cherokees in the form ofย Tsalagiย orย Jalagi
At least one old #Cherokee lullaby has survived. Barbara McAlester, a #Cherokee opera singer, sometimes performs it as part of her concerts
There are also thousands of individuals claiming #Cherokee ancestry who are not associated with any group
#Chattanooga's name origin remains uncertain but ties to Native #American languages.
Likely derives from #Cherokee (Tsatanugi) or Muskogee/Creek roots, with the first part meaning "rock."
The name translates to "rock rising to a point" or "end of the mountain," referring to #LookoutMountain's [โฆ]
There are still two IHS hospitals in the #Cherokee Nation, one in Claremore, Oklahoma, and one in Tahlequah. In addition, the #Cherokee Nation has its own health division, which operates five rural health clinics and a number of other health programs.
There is a #Cherokee reservation in North Carolina for the Eastern Band of #Cherokees
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is holding a nomination hearing for Markwayne Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Tune in! #IndianCountry #MarkwayneMullin #Cherokee #DHS #ICE
Because membership in the #Cherokee Nation has no blood percentage requirement but is based strictly on lineal descent from any person listed as #Cherokee on the so-called Dawes Roll
If the #Cherokees are Christian, they might be Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian, or any other Christian denomination. Among the more traditional #Cherokees is a large group of #Cherokee Baptists
Pieces from Vinita's Cultural Center #Basketry exhibit, these are examples of traditional patterns we #Cherokee have had for quite some time.
#Tsalagi #Indigenousart #Indigisky #weaving
Before the #Tenessee ( #TVA) reservoir, there was a people here. The Overhill #Cherokee.
These were not ruins. They were not archaeological sites. They were towns, political, domestic, ceremonial, alive.
Emperor of the Cherokee restores them. April 3, 2026.
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Cherokee Braves Crush Competition, Capture 2A Basketball Crown wnctimes.com/article/cher... #Cherokee #LocalSports #WNC #WNcnews #WncSports #HighSchoolSports #HighSchoolBasketball
There is also a #Cherokee Nation higher education program to assist #Cherokees in attending college
Attakullakulla was one of 7 #Cherokee who crossed the ocean to London in 1730.
He spent 47 years after that trying to hold the alliance together through diplomacy, negotiation,& compromise.
Emperor of the Cherokee publishes April 3, 2026.
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