I don't want to conquer any of my fears!! Call me a coward, but they're called fears for a reason!?! lol
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Cherokee Legends
Native American tribes always have many legends on pretty much anything in life. These legends are who we are, our culture, our land, our heritage. I'm just going to put in a link for the Cherokee NC website that will take you directly to the Legends page. I hope you check it out and enjoy.
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=96
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=96
The Medicine Wheel
Medicine Wheels are not very common in Cherokee, but all the same exists. Here are the basics of the Medicine Wheel anyway, because it is a very well known spiritual object and held very sacred to MANY different Native American tribes all over the United States.
The reason for it's circular structure, is because it represents the 'Circle of Life'. The different colored sections represent the four 'cardinal directions'.
The red (sometimes blue) is the North, which also represents things like trouble and winter (a season of struggle) and mind.
The white is the South, also peace, summer and emotions.
The yellow is the East, also success, spring and spirit. This is also the reason why the Eastern Band of Cherokee flag is yellow.
The black is the West, also death, Autumn (the final harvest) and manifestation (gathering together).
And the center is where you are (one of the 7 directions). This represents balance and beauty. The center appearance varies.
The reason for it's circular structure, is because it represents the 'Circle of Life'. The different colored sections represent the four 'cardinal directions'.
The red (sometimes blue) is the North, which also represents things like trouble and winter (a season of struggle) and mind.
The white is the South, also peace, summer and emotions.
The yellow is the East, also success, spring and spirit. This is also the reason why the Eastern Band of Cherokee flag is yellow.
The black is the West, also death, Autumn (the final harvest) and manifestation (gathering together).
And the center is where you are (one of the 7 directions). This represents balance and beauty. The center appearance varies.
The Dream Catcher
Almost all dream Catchers have always had feathers attached near the bottom. Feathers are a symbol of healing power, and that's why Indians use feathers so much. On clothing, jewelry, weapons, tools and 'decor', you can usually find feathers.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I am Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ
Hello, my name is Sarah, and I have Cherokee Indian in me. Although I'm not a full-blooded Cherokee, I'm all the same very proud of what I do have in me. This is not my normal beauty/fashion blog, but a blog about the Cherokee Tribe and the culture that has been around for possibly longer than any other.
It's even rumored, that some Cherokee Indians hid in the caves of the Blue Ridge Moutains during the Trail of Tears (a sumary of the 'Trail of Tears' will be written in this blog). And many years later, when the Cherokees found they're way back to their homeland, all of them much changed by the white mans orders, there were still Indians there. Living the way they had all their life, and all of their ancestors before them, they remained unchanged by the 'removal'. The 'modern' Cherokees let them be and protected their secret. To this day, if one was ignorant enough to go looking, you could find real Cherokee Indians in the high caves of the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Cherokee reservation.
Of course, that's only a rumor. :)
It's even rumored, that some Cherokee Indians hid in the caves of the Blue Ridge Moutains during the Trail of Tears (a sumary of the 'Trail of Tears' will be written in this blog). And many years later, when the Cherokees found they're way back to their homeland, all of them much changed by the white mans orders, there were still Indians there. Living the way they had all their life, and all of their ancestors before them, they remained unchanged by the 'removal'. The 'modern' Cherokees let them be and protected their secret. To this day, if one was ignorant enough to go looking, you could find real Cherokee Indians in the high caves of the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Cherokee reservation.
Of course, that's only a rumor. :)
History
The Cherokee homelands include Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee, and has well over 300,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (the biggest Native American tribe today). The Cherokees has a story that long, long ago, the Cherokee tribe came to live in the Appalachian Mountains from the 'Great Lakes' area.
But there are also Cherokee tribes in Oklahoma, Texas and other areas further north. These tribes came from the Blue Ridge Cherokee area, though.
The Trail of Tears was an 'Indian Removal Act' by the white men to relocate several different Indian tribes in the South Easter area of the United States. Some of these tribes were the Cherokee people, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek and the Seminole people. This tragic 19th century event killed many indians. men, women and children had to walk from the Appalachian Mountains to Oklahoma, the old and the young. It was a horrible thing for the 'white men' to do to Natives that have been here for possibly thousands of years. It was their home, and they forced them off their homeland, killing seval along the way.
But there are also Cherokee tribes in Oklahoma, Texas and other areas further north. These tribes came from the Blue Ridge Cherokee area, though.
The Trail of Tears was an 'Indian Removal Act' by the white men to relocate several different Indian tribes in the South Easter area of the United States. Some of these tribes were the Cherokee people, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek and the Seminole people. This tragic 19th century event killed many indians. men, women and children had to walk from the Appalachian Mountains to Oklahoma, the old and the young. It was a horrible thing for the 'white men' to do to Natives that have been here for possibly thousands of years. It was their home, and they forced them off their homeland, killing seval along the way.
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