Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on November 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
You might want to drive slower on the Cherokee Reservation
I believe these signs are in or near Cherokee, NC, Qualla Boundary. Most of the signs are obvious. Paint Town Road is named after the Paint Clan—the reservation was divided into clan areas, 7 total. As I understand the Paint Clan, they gathered herbs and the like, which included various plants for paints.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on July 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Cherokee blowgun dart maker.
Tugwesdi ᏚᏇᏍᏗ (blow gun)
Tsitsi ᏥᏥ (blow darts)
This is Big Cove, Qualla, Cherokee Reservation—as you come from the Smoky Mountains National Park, Big Cove is on your left.
Blow guns once used to hunt small game, now more for contests/sport.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on June 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Cherokee marbles: ᎦᏓᏲᏍᏗ, gadayosdi. Played with stone balls or billiard balls. Similar to croquet, the outdoors course has 5 holes. Individual or 3-man teams. Introduced into Cherokee schools in recent years. Of unknown origin—in Monroe County, Kentucky a similar game is played.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on May 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Cherokee Mother’s Day—United Keetoowah Band
Alihelisdodi otsi igoi ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎣᏥ ᎢᎪᎢ To make happy, all mothers, on the day
Etsi ᎡᏥᎢ mother
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee, full moon on March 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Friday, March 18 is the Wyrm Full Moon—though some confuse it with worms, wyrms are dragon as befitting a windy unpredictable month. Stay hunkered down inside.
Cherokee call it, Windy Moon, Anuyi ᎠᏄᏱ. Kanati the Great Hunter helps start new council fires.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, Cherokee on March 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Meet Gertrude—she steals the show in Stone Man and the Trail of Tears.
Though I am no horseman, I am a horse lover. Horses often show up in my stories.
After U.S. soldiers attack twelve-year-old Tsatsi’s Cherokee village, his family flees to the Smokey Mountains. Facing storms, flood, and hunger, they’re forced to go where Stone Man, a monstrous giant, is rumored to live. Their journey is a dangerous one. Will Tsatsi find the strength to become a Cherokee warrior? And will they ever find their family again?
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on February 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Cherokee Chief Red Bird Totsuwa ᏙᏧᏩ was murdered along the Red Bird River in the 1790s.
Red Bird River Petroglyphs are across the river from the Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyphs (where Chief Red Bird is buried). The petroglyphs have been attributed to Chief Red Bird and contain Cherokee symbols and other symbols. Sequoyah visited here around 1820 and left some Cherokee syllabary characters. Clay County, Kentucky. [the shelter petroglyphs are B&W and chain link]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on January 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This can is not real! Wish it was. The label reads do-ma-tli u-ga-ma ᏙᎹᏟ ᎤᎦᎹ tomato soup—Kituwah/Eastern dialect. Maybe Campbells will sell it in North Carolina!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on December 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
New Year’s Cherokee Style: ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎠᏤ ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏍᎬ
Happy New Year! Ulihelisdi ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (happy) Atse ᎠᏤ (new) Udetiyvsgv ᎤᏕᏘᏴᏍᎬ (year)
Nvnohi tsaksesdesdi! ᏅᏃᎯ ᏣᎧᏎᏍᏕᏎᏍᏗ! Be careful on the road!
Please: ᎰᏩᏧ (Howatsu)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cherokee on December 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Cherokee Dance Word List
[Kituwah Preservation & Education Program]
-Make a circle. (Itsadigaleyogi.) ᎢᏣᏗᎦᎴᏲᎩ
-Split or go in different directions. (I(hi) tatinuga or “Tatinuga. ” ᎢᎯ ᏔᏘᏄᎦ ᎠᎴ ᏔᏘᏄᎦ “
-You lead. (Ganatsedi tsatvdasdesdi.) ᎦᎾᏤᏗ ᏣᏛᏓᏍᏕᏍᏗ
-Make small steps. (Nigada didalisdela.) ᏂᎦᏓ ᏗᏓᎵᏍᏕᎳ.
-Work together. (Itsatvdasdesdi.) ᎢᏣᏛᏓᏍᏕᏍᏗ
-Pay attention. (Itsalewisda.) ᎢᏣᎴᏫᏍᏓ
-Listen to the rattle. (Agvyitsa witsanigi.) ᎠᎬᏱᏣ ᏫᏣᏂᎩ
-Stop. (Itsal(i)sganol(i)da.) ᎢᏣᎵᏍᎦᏃᎵᏓ
-Go forward. (Itsasinuga.) ᎢᏣᏏᏄᎦ.
-Slow down. (Ayeliyv ditsatsohi.) ᎠᏰᎵᏴ ᏗᏣᏦᎯ
-Go backward. (Ag(a)sgani itsa itsal(a)sgi.) ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ ᎢᏣ ᎢᏣᎳᏍᎩ
-Meet in the middle. (i.e. Quail dance) (Itsadanynaga.) ᎢᏣᏓᏅᎾᎦ,
-Turn counterclockwise. (Tsusgwala detsalagvsgesdi.) ᏧᏍᏆᎳ ᏕᏣᎳᏍᎬᏍᎨᏍᏗ -Make a line (Agvyi tsiditsal)
C. T. Suddeth 