Author: Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806125800
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat monster will assuage all the ills of life that the monster brought. Winter dance (including the Booger Dance, which expresses the Cherokees’ anxiety at the white invasion) are to be given only during times of frost, lest they affect the growth of vegetation by attracting cold and death. The summer dance (the Green Corn Ceremony and the Ballplayer’s Dance) are associated with crops and vegetation. Other dances are purely for social intercourse and entertainment or are prompted by specific events in the community. When it was first published in 1951, this description of the dances of a conservative Eastern Cherokee band was hailed as a scholarly contribution that could not be duplicated, Frank G. Speak and Leonard Broom had achieved the close and sustained interaction that very best ethnological fieldwork requires. Their principal informant, will West Long, upheld the unbroken ceremonial tradition of the Big Cove band, near Cherokee, North Carolina.
Cherokee Dance and Drama
Author: Frank Gouldsmith Speck
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806125800
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat monster will assuage all the ills of life that the monster brought. Winter dance (including the Booger Dance, which expresses the Cherokees’ anxiety at the white invasion) are to be given only during times of frost, lest they affect the growth of vegetation by attracting cold and death. The summer dance (the Green Corn Ceremony and the Ballplayer’s Dance) are associated with crops and vegetation. Other dances are purely for social intercourse and entertainment or are prompted by specific events in the community. When it was first published in 1951, this description of the dances of a conservative Eastern Cherokee band was hailed as a scholarly contribution that could not be duplicated, Frank G. Speak and Leonard Broom had achieved the close and sustained interaction that very best ethnological fieldwork requires. Their principal informant, will West Long, upheld the unbroken ceremonial tradition of the Big Cove band, near Cherokee, North Carolina.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806125800
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat monster will assuage all the ills of life that the monster brought. Winter dance (including the Booger Dance, which expresses the Cherokees’ anxiety at the white invasion) are to be given only during times of frost, lest they affect the growth of vegetation by attracting cold and death. The summer dance (the Green Corn Ceremony and the Ballplayer’s Dance) are associated with crops and vegetation. Other dances are purely for social intercourse and entertainment or are prompted by specific events in the community. When it was first published in 1951, this description of the dances of a conservative Eastern Cherokee band was hailed as a scholarly contribution that could not be duplicated, Frank G. Speak and Leonard Broom had achieved the close and sustained interaction that very best ethnological fieldwork requires. Their principal informant, will West Long, upheld the unbroken ceremonial tradition of the Big Cove band, near Cherokee, North Carolina.
The Cherokee Ghost Dance
Author: William Gerald McLoughlin
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865541283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
"In these essays a distinguished historian analyzes how the Indian nations of the Southeast grappled with nationalism, slavery, and missionaries. Against the background of this "combined onslaught on their cultural identity," McLoughlin describes what the Indians did "to preserve what they considered most important." The fate of Native Americans was inextricably bound up with the most vital questions of national life"--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865541283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
"In these essays a distinguished historian analyzes how the Indian nations of the Southeast grappled with nationalism, slavery, and missionaries. Against the background of this "combined onslaught on their cultural identity," McLoughlin describes what the Indians did "to preserve what they considered most important." The fate of Native Americans was inextricably bound up with the most vital questions of national life"--Publisher's description.
Cherokee Dance
Author:
Publisher: Cherokee Publications
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Cherokee ceremonial dances and costumes are described, explained, and illustrated in full color in this beautiful how-to-do book. With a practical and usable approach using many illustrations and easy-to-follow sketches.
Publisher: Cherokee Publications
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Cherokee ceremonial dances and costumes are described, explained, and illustrated in full color in this beautiful how-to-do book. With a practical and usable approach using many illustrations and easy-to-follow sketches.
Dancing Drum
Author: Terri Cohlene
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833563668
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This enchanting Cherokee legend comes alive through the author's vivid adaptation and striking illustrations. Children will be spellbound as they read about the distinctive lifestyle and beliefs of the Cherokee people. Full color.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833563668
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This enchanting Cherokee legend comes alive through the author's vivid adaptation and striking illustrations. Children will be spellbound as they read about the distinctive lifestyle and beliefs of the Cherokee people. Full color.
Cherokee Masks Activity Book
Author: Sandy Hummingbird
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
ISBN: 9781570671319
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Long ago Cherokee dancers would dance, and through dancing tell stories about the tribe. The wrapped themselves in colorful blankets and wore masks to represent people, feelings, and animals that shared their world. The masks had exaggerated features such as extra-long noses, big bushy eyebrows, or horns to represent characters in the stories. The most popular Cherokee masks are represented here for children to color and do lessons in matching, mazes, completing sentences, connecting dots, counting, spelling, and more. For children age 5-8 years.
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
ISBN: 9781570671319
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Long ago Cherokee dancers would dance, and through dancing tell stories about the tribe. The wrapped themselves in colorful blankets and wore masks to represent people, feelings, and animals that shared their world. The masks had exaggerated features such as extra-long noses, big bushy eyebrows, or horns to represent characters in the stories. The most popular Cherokee masks are represented here for children to color and do lessons in matching, mazes, completing sentences, connecting dots, counting, spelling, and more. For children age 5-8 years.
The Cherokee People
Author: Thomas E. Mails
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 0933031459
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This book depicts the Cherokees' ancient culture and lifestyle, their government, dress, and family life. Mails chronicles the fundamentals of vital Cherokee spiritual beliefs and practices, their powerful rituals, and their joyful festivals, as well as the story of the gradual encroachment that all but destroyed their civilization.
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 0933031459
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This book depicts the Cherokees' ancient culture and lifestyle, their government, dress, and family life. Mails chronicles the fundamentals of vital Cherokee spiritual beliefs and practices, their powerful rituals, and their joyful festivals, as well as the story of the gradual encroachment that all but destroyed their civilization.
An Eliadean Interpretation of Frank G. Speck's Account of the Cherokee Booger Dance
Author: William Douglas Powers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This study considers the Cherokee Booger Dance as a purely religious phenomenon by reinterpreting anthropologist Frank G. Speck's observations of a performance held by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians through the lens of Mircea Eliade's theory of religion.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This study considers the Cherokee Booger Dance as a purely religious phenomenon by reinterpreting anthropologist Frank G. Speck's observations of a performance held by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians through the lens of Mircea Eliade's theory of religion.
Unto These Hills
Author: Kermit Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780807868751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780807868751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee
Dancing Drum
Author: Terri Cohlene
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816723621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This enchanting Cherokee legend comes alive through the author's vivid adaptation and striking illustrations. Children will be spellbound as they read about the distinctive lifestyle and beliefs of the Cherokee people. Full color.
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816723621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This enchanting Cherokee legend comes alive through the author's vivid adaptation and striking illustrations. Children will be spellbound as they read about the distinctive lifestyle and beliefs of the Cherokee people. Full color.
The Cherokee
Author: Rennay Craats
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489629092
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In 1830, U.S. troops removed nearly 17,000 Cherokee from their homes in the southeastern United States. Many were forced to move to Oklahoma in a journey called the “Trail of Tears.” Learn more in The Cherokee, one of the titles in the American Indian Art and Culture series.
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489629092
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In 1830, U.S. troops removed nearly 17,000 Cherokee from their homes in the southeastern United States. Many were forced to move to Oklahoma in a journey called the “Trail of Tears.” Learn more in The Cherokee, one of the titles in the American Indian Art and Culture series.