Cherokee Resources

Conley, Robert J.  The Cherokee Nation:  A History.  Albuquerque: University of New Mexico P, 2005.

Duncan, Barbara R.  Living Stories of the Cherokee.  Chapel Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1998.

Finger, John R.  The Eastern Band of Cherokees 1819-1900.  Knoxville:  The University of Tennessee P, 1984.

Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey.  Cherokee Plants and Their Uses:  A 400 Year History.  Sylva, N.C.:  Herald Pub. Co., 1975.

Hill, Sarah H.  Weaving New Worlds:  Southeastern Cherokee Women and Their Basketry.  Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina p, 1997.

James Mooney’s History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees.  Asheville:  Historical Images, 1992.

Perdue, Theda.  Cherokee Women.  Lincoln and London: The University of Nebraska P, 1998.

Perdue, Theda and Michael D. Green.  The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears.  New York:  Viking, 2007.

Power, Susan C.  Art of the Cherokee:  Prehistory to the Present.  Athens, GA:  University of Georgia Press, 2007.

Take a Closer Look:  Plants and the Cherokee. (VHS recording) Nancy Easterling, Director.  Museum of the Cherokee Indian, North Carolina Botanical Garden, and Laurel Hill Press, 2001.

 

Children’s Books

Bruchac, Joseph.  The First Strawberries:  A Cherokee Story.  New York:  Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993.

Bruchac, Joseph and Gayle Ross.  The Story of the Milky Way:  A Cherokee Tale.  New York:  Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995. 

Cwiklik, Robert.  Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:  Silver Burdett Press, 1989.

Pennington, Daniel.  Itse Selu:  Cherokee Harvest Festival.  Watertown, MA:  Charlesbridge, 1994.

Roop, Peter and Connie Roop.  …If You Lived with the Cherokee.  New York:  Scholastic, 1998.

 

Web

Cherokee Culture: General Information (Cherokee Nation Official Site)
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/CulInfo/General/Default.aspx

Cherokee History and Culture (Homepage of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/history_main.php?

Cherokee Arts (Cherokee Nation Official Site)
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/CulInfo/CherokeeArts/Default.aspx

Cherokee Fonts (Download)
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/cherokee.html

Cherokee Preservation Foundation
http://www.cherokeepreservationfdn.org/

Cherokee Syllabary and Sounds
http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Downloads/syllabary.html

Museum of the Cherokee Indian
http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/

Sequoyah
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/CulInfo/Biographies/135/Default.aspx

Trail of Tears Era (Cherokee Nation Official Site)
http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/History/TOT/Default.aspx

 

 

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