Snowbird Cherokees: people of persistence

Neely, Sharlotte

Book

Snowbird Cherokees: people of persistence

University of Georgia Press • Athens • Published In 1991 • Pages:

By: Neely, Sharlotte.

Abstract
This is a detailed study of the Cherokee community of Snowbird, a traditionalist settlement in North Carolina who over the years have had intense and long-term relations with local whites. The emphasis throughout, however, is on the cultural persistence of the community rather than on acculturation. In analyzing ethnic relations in Snowbird, , Neely uses a method which she calls 'situational analysis' or the 'extended-case method' of analysis. This document begins with a discussion of the geographical, historical, and cultural background of the community, then the author discusses '...situations to which the extended-case method is applied: a political controversy that illuminates intraethnic relations among the Eastern Cherokees and a ceremony that describes interethnic relations between Indians and whites and intertribal relations between Eastern and Western Cherokees. A concluding chapter re-examines Snowbird ethnic relations in general in a theoretical context' (p. 7).

Acculturation and culture contact

Ethos

Functional and adaptational interpretations

Cultural identity and pride

Rest days and holidays

Ethnic stratification

Tribe and nation

Inter-community relations

External relations

Cherokee

HRAF PubDate

2000