Book
Politics and religion in a western Cherokee community: a century of struggle in a White Man's world
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1987 • Pages:
By: Jordan, Janet Etheridge.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document on the western Cherokee, the author examines the ways in which Cherokee political and religious institutions were adjusted or replaced in response to pressures from the broader American society. National (American) events and their effects on the local community of 'Long Valley' are discussed in some detail. In this study of long term change attention is directed to the rise and fall of various sodalities and their role in uniting the fragmented Cherokee Nation. A similar analysis is carried out on the Baptist Church, an institution which served and continues to serve the same integrative functions as the sodalities. A second major theme in this work is the appropriation of Cherokee lands by local whites and 'big business'. Secondary topics include the establishment of the Cherokee Nation following the Removal, Cherokee involvement in the American Civil War, tensions and differences of interest between full- and mixed-blood Cherokees, and the predicament of the Cherokees as a minority people administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The author is anxious to convince the reader that the Cherokee have been, and continue to be, abused and exploited on all fronts.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sodalities
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Sociocultural trends
- Political movements
- Culture summary
- Property
- Borrowing and lending
- Ecclesiastical organization
- Cooperative organization
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Political parties
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Christopher Latham ; Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Long Valley, Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Janet Etheridge Jordan
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Connecticut, 1974
- UM75-10,633
- The OCM 'SHAMANS AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS' (756 ) is used for native medicine men, as opposed to OCM 'PRIESTHOOD' (793) which applies to Cherokee Baptist preachers. Differences in cultural participation and interest between the full- and mixed-bloods are indexed for 'CULTURAL PARTICIPATION' (184) Finally, sodalities are indexed for OCM 'SODALITIES' (575)and for 'POLITICAL MOVEMENTS' (668) as well.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians