Book
Cherokees at the crossroads
University of North Carolina, Institute for Research in Social Sciences • Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Published In 1973 • Pages: xx, 222
By: Gulick, John, Neeley Williams, Sharlotte.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an ethnographic study of the present-day Eastern Band Cherokees of North Carolina. Taken literally the title of this work would seem to indicate that the author is focusing on the physical location of the Eastern Cherokees at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 441 and 19 - the official and commercial center of the reservation. To some extent this is true, but the deeper connotation of the word 'crossroads'. as used here, is that of basic dissimilarities among the people who, although living together in one place and at one time, yet diverge significantly from one another in their ways of life. These dissimilarities are discussed in the text in terms of four different value systems: conservative, generalized Indian, 'Rural-White' Indian, and middle class Indian, all of which are described in much detail on p.127 ff. To emphasize these differences. the author has chosen two of the six reservation townships for more intensive research. One of these, isolated from contact with outsiders, represented the 'conservative' element in the society, while the other, in close contact with non-Indians, represented the more 'progressive' element. General data from the other four townships have also been included here to provide over-all context.The document is divided into three major parts: Part I deals with the nature and history of the reservation (e.g., geography, history, economics); Part II with the general context of Cherokee life, such as settlements, ethnography, and cultural patterns (group integration, value systems, etc.); and Part III, with the general theoretical dimensions of this study.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- Deliberative councils
- Public welfare
- Labor supply and employment
- Income and demand
- Athletic sports
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Linguistic identification
- Ethics
- Cultural identity and pride
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1987: John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1956-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Gulick ; with an epilogue by Sharlotte Neely Williams
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74161871
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians