Book

The Wahnenauhi manuscript: historical sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their customs, traditions, and superstitions

U.S. Government Printing Office (77) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 175-213 , plates

By: Wahnenauhi, Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick.

Abstract
This work is an edited version of a sketch of Cherokee customs, beliefs and history written by a Cherokee woman, Wahnenauhi, and presented by her to the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1889. The time period covered by the sketch is from about the time of contact with Europeans to the mid nineteenth century. This work includes discussions of Cherokee social and political organization, religious beliefs and myths, customs relating to work, play, dress and food, native-White relations during the contact period, the removal of the Cherokee west of the Mississippi River, the impact of European contact and the Removal on Cherokee society. This work also includes brief, but valuable biographical sketches of George Lowery and Sequoyah. Editorial footnotes to the text provide useful additional material and are also useful in evaluating the reliability of Wahnenauhi's manuscript.
Subjects
Reviews and critiques
Life history materials
Acculturation and culture contact
External relations
Sorcery
Shamans and psychotherapists
Medical personnel
Missions
culture
Cherokee
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gerald Reid ; John Beierle ; 1987
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
1540-1870
Coverage Place
southeastern states, and Oklahoma, United States
Notes
Edited and with an introduction by Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Includes bibliographical references
LCSH
Cherokee Indians