By Donald N. Yates
Notes on the seven Cherokee clans, their history, famous representatives and traditional strengths, as first published in Ancient American magazine.
Cherokee Chapbooks #2
24 pp. This is an electronic product. You may download it from the link provided in your email receipt.
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Cherokee
Clans and Their Strengths
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Wolf
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Ani-Wahiya
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Elders,
teachers, warriors, beloved men and women
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Bird
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Ani-Tiskwa
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Speakers,
heralds, news bearers, messengers, singers and dancers
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Deer
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Ani-Kawi
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Runners,
ball players, clothes makers, tanners
and intellects
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Twister
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Ani-Gilohi
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Workers,
priests, teachers and keepers of ancient lore, storytellers
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Wild
Potato
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Ani-Gotewewi
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Keepers of religious customs, writings and games,
scribes
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Panther
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Ani-Sahoni
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Medicine people, magicians, herbalists, fire
keepers, cooks, sorcerers
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Paint
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Ani-Wodi
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Doctors, hunters, peace chiefs, keepers of history
and prophecy, masters of protocol and diplomacy, music and ceremony
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DONALD PANTHER-YATES was born in Cedartown, Georgia, and
earned a doctorate in classical studies from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of When Scotland Was Jewish
(with Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman), a new history of the Cherokee
people to appear in 2012 from McFarland Publishers and numerous articles
in American Indian studies. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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