history know anything about the Cherokee, it’s probably the Trails of Tears, the heartrending expulsion of the Cherokee from their traditional homes in the Southeast and their forced march across the west to Oklahoma. This is the only such book endorsed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, and it was truly an eye-opener. Part of my research for getting ready to write about my character Piper McLean again, I figured I would read the history of the Cherokee Nation as written by Conley, a Cherokee author.

For those who want to know more about Cherokee heritage and history, Conley offers additional reading lists at the end of each chapter. Following the history is a listing of the Principal Chiefs of the Cherokees with a brief biography of each and separate listings of the chiefs of the Eastern Cherokees and the Western Cherokees. Conley provides analyses for general readers of all ages to learn the significance of tribal lore and Cherokee tribal law. He traces their forced migrations west, relates their participations on both sides of the Civil War and the wars of the twentieth century, and concludes with an examination of Cherokee life today. He then explores their relations with neighboring Indian groups and European missionaries and settlers. Robert Conley begins his survey with Cherokee origin myths and legends. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in over four decades, this is also the first to be endorsed by the tribe and the first to be written by a Cherokee. For those who want to know more about Cherokee heritage and history, Conley offers additional reading lists at the end of each chapter.The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. He traces their forced migrations west, relates their participations on both sides of the Civil War and the wars of the twentieth century, and concludes with an examination of Cherokee life today.Ĭonley provides analyses for general readers of all ages to learn the significance of tribal lore and Cherokee tribal law.

The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes.

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