| Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century Revised Edition Contributor(s): Finger, John R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803268793 ISBN-13: 9780803268791 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1993 Annotation: Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s. Many of them died on the Trail of Tears. But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina. John R. Finger shifts attention to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, descended from that remnant and now numbering almost ten thousand, most of whom live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cherokee Americans is, ironically, the first comprehensive account of the twentieth-century experience of a band that is known to and photographed by millions of tourists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 90043227 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Indians of the Southeast (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.87" W x 8.92" (0.84 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Much has been written about the forced removal of thousands of Cherokee Indians to present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s. Many of them died on the Trail of Tears. But until recently historians have largely ignored the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina. John R. Finger shifts attention to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, descended from that remnant and now numbering almost ten thousand, most of whom live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cherokee Americans is, ironically, the first comprehensive account of the twentieth-century experience of a band that is known to and photographed by millions of tourists. This book is a sequel to The Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900 (1984) by John R. Finger, who is a professor of history at the University of Tennessee. |