essay
Observations on social change among the eastern Cherokees
cherokee indian nation :a troubled history • Knoxville • Published In 1979 • Pages: 202-222
By: Witthoft, John.
Abstract
This is a study of some of the major social changes that have taken place on the Qualla Boundary reservation in North Carolina following the post-removal period of 1838-1839. These changes are '…characterized by the following features: a blending of old and new, native and European methods and beliefs selected mainly for their utility and value, and integrated into a new culture complex; effective subsistence agriculture with abundant stored surpluses; barter economy; full practice of hunting, fishing, and gathering; local and minimal self-government; little need for bilingual skills; local medicine and herbalism at least as effective as the official medicine of that date' (p. 202).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Delores Walters ; 1988: John Beierle ; 2006
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1830-1968
- Coverage Place
- North Carolina, United States
- Notes
- John Witthoft
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222)
- LCCN
- 78013222
- LCSH
- Cherokee Indians