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Snowbird CherokeesBook 1991 • Neely, Sharlotte
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
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 persiste...Adaptation and the contemporary North Carolina Cherokee Indiansessay 1992 • Neely, Sharlotte
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
In this study Neely describes the manner in which the Eastern Band of Cherokee in contemporary North Carolina (ca. 1970s-1980s )have adapted economically to life in the 'modern world' with as little sacrifice to their traditionalism as possible. Such...The role of Christianity in the Snowbird Cherokee communityessay 1995 • Neely, Sharlotte
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This article is a study of the role of the Christian churches in the community of Snowbird in sponsoring the Trail of Tears Singing, a partially religious, partially secular 'ceremony' commemorating the forced exodus of a major portion of the Cheroke...