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Cullman Alabama

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 02:11:11 +0000

In the time before European settlement, the area that today includes Cullman Alabama was originally in the territory of the Cherokee Nation.

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Waterloo Landing in Waterloo Alabama

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:30:25 +0000

Waterloo Landing was a departure site for Cherokee who had been evicted from their homes and forced to head west to what is now Oklahoma. Back in 1838 this was the Tennessee River. Today the river has been dammed to create Pickwick Lake. Those leaving from this location would have been traveling by steamboat. All there is to do here is stop and read an historical marker.

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CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE OF ALABAMA

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:20:40 +0000

From the earliest times of which we have any certain knowledge the Cherokee have occupied the highest districts at the southern end of the Appalachian chain, mainly in the States of Tennessee and North Carolina, but including also parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Virginia.

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Sequoya or George Gist: Cherokee

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:11:23 +0000

In 1809 a chance conversation with some of his people led him to think deeply over the prob¬ lem how it was possible that white people could communicate thought by means of writing. He then and there resolved to devise a similar system for his own people. A hunting accident after this making him a lifelong cripple, his now enforced sedentary life gave him all the leisure to evolve his great invention.
Although Sequoyah was never a principal chief, he was active in Cherokee politics and an influential person. He was one of the Cherokee delegates who signed the 1816 Treaty of Chickasaw Council House, which ceded most of the Cherokee claims to land in present-day north Alabama. In 1818, Sequoyah joined a group of Cherokees who volunteered to immigrate west. His syllabary now allowed the eastern and western Cherokees to communicate with one another.

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Treasure Legend Of Cherokee Chief Doublehead

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:07:19 +0000

Doublehead (1744–1807) or Incalatanga (Tal-tsu'tsa in Cherokee), was one of the most feared warriors of the Cherokee during the Cherokee–American wars.

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Indian Villages Map by Digital Alabama

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:51:37 +0000

Indian Villages in Alabama ALABAMA INDIAN VILLAGES, TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS INDEX PAGE Alabama has been the home of indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Over 100 Indian villages and towns have been identified and research leads to believe there are many more not yet identified. Our research is ongoing therefore you must consider there […]

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The Sweat Bath-Bleeding–Rubbing–Bathing

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:34:13 +0000

THE SWEAT BATH-BLEEDING–RUBBING–BATHING In addition to their herb treatment the Cherokees frequently resort to sweat baths, bleeding, rubbing, and cold baths in the running stream, to say nothing of the beads and other conjuring paraphernalia generally used in connection with the ceremony. The sweat bath was in common use among almost all the tribes north […]

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Neglect of Sanitary Regulations

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:31:08 +0000

NEGLECT OF SANITARY REGULATIONS No rules are ever formulated as to fresh air or exercise, for the sufficient reason that the door of the Cherokee log cabin is always open, excepting at night and on the coldest days in winter, while the Indian is seldom in the house during his waking hours unless when necessity […]

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Illustration of the Tabu

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:01:57 +0000

From this example it must be sufficiently evident that the tabu as to visitors is not a hygienic precaution for securing greater quiet to the patient, or to prevent the spread of contagion, but that it is simply a religious observance of the tribe, exactly parallel to many of the regulations among the ancient Jews, as laid down in the book of Leviticus.

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