Reproduction of the original: Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
The Cherokee One Feather 36, no. 26 (Wednesday, July 4, 200¡), ¡. McLoughlin, William G. Champions of the Cherokees, Evan and John B. Jones. Princeton: Princeton University Press, ¡990. _____. Cherokee and Missionaries, ¡789– ¡839.
Retelling 30 myths and legends of the Eastern Cherokee, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context.
Cherokee myths and legends were an important way for customs, beliefs, and histories to be passed down orally through the generations.
Mooney documents and photographs are in the collections of the National Archives of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.James Mooney was born on February 10, 1861 in Richmond, Indiana, the son of Irish Catholic ...
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