Cherokee Heart Legends, Myths & Stories

Cherokee Heart Legends, Myths & Stories
Author: Tabitha R. Pike
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1300416904

Cherokee Heart: Legends, Myths and Stories Under the traditional law the tales and stories in this book could only be told to the Tsalagi (The People) or other native Americans: you would have to have a invitation to participate in this ritual. You are invited to join my great ancestor Morning Nananoah and I as she weaves tales that has been passed down from generations to generation.

Cherokee Myths and Legends

Cherokee Myths and Legends
Author: Terry L. Norton
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2014-11-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1476618119

Retelling 30 myths and legends of the Eastern Cherokee, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context. Background information is given within each story so the reader may avoid reliance on glossaries, endnotes, or other explanatory aids. The reader may thus experience the stories more as their original audiences would have. This approach to adapting traditional literature derives from ideas found in reader-response and translation theory and from research in cognitive psychology and sociolinguistics.

Myths of the Cherokee

Myths of the Cherokee
Author: James Mooney
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0486131327

126 myths: sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, many more. Plus background on Cherokee history, notes on the myths and parallels. Features 20 maps and illustrations.

Long-Ago Stories of the Eastern Cherokee

Long-Ago Stories of the Eastern Cherokee
Author: Lloyd Arneach
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 162584459X

Tragically, relatively little of this flourishing nation and its rich culture has survived. Its stories, however, live on today. In this priceless and engaging collection, native Cherokee and professional storyteller Lloyd Arneach recounts tales such as how the bear lost his long bushy tail and how the first strawberry came to be.

How the World Was Made: A Cherokee Creation Myth

How the World Was Made: A Cherokee Creation Myth
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1614788693

Cherokee myths and legends were an important way for customs, beliefs, and histories to be passed down orally through the generations. These myths often explain natural events. In this creation myth, the creation of Earth by the animals and insects is told. The Cherokee nature myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Cherokee Mythology

Cherokee Mythology
Author: Matt Clayton
Publisher: Refora Publications
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953934079

In Cherokee myth-as in other Indigenous American traditions-the whole of creation is alive and able to communicate like humans and with the human beings who share their environment.

Living Stories of the Cherokee

Living Stories of the Cherokee
Author: Barbara R. Duncan
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780807847190

Traditional and modern stories by the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina reflect the tribe's religious beliefs and values, observations of animals and nature, and knowledge of history.

Yonder Mountain

Yonder Mountain
Author: Jean L. Bushyhead
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Cherokee Indians
ISBN: 9780761451136

A Cherokee chief chooses his successor by asking three candidates to climb a mountain, thus testing their character and strength.

The Heart of Everything That Is

The Heart of Everything That Is
Author: Bob Drury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451654685

Draws on Red Cloud's autobiography, which was lost for nearly a hundred years, to present the story of the great Oglala Sioux chief who was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war.

Where the Dead Sit Talking

Where the Dead Sit Talking
Author: Brandon Hobson
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616958871

With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a 15-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface - that is, until he meets 17-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah's feelings towards Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both.