Bibliograph

Anitsalagi elohi anehi, Cherokee Earth dwellers : stories and teachings of the natural world, Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade with Loretta Shade and Larry Shade ; illustrated by MaryBeth Timothy

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Anitsalagi elohi anehi, Cherokee Earth dwellers : stories and teachings of the natural world, Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade with Loretta Shade and Larry Shade ; illustrated by MaryBeth Timothy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Anitsalagi elohi anehi

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1275367978

Responsibility statement

Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade with Loretta Shade and Larry Shade ; illustrated by MaryBeth Timothy

Sub title

Cherokee Earth dwellers : stories and teachings of the natural world

Summary

"Cherokee Earth Dwellers will be the first book to articulate a Cherokee view of the natural world grounded in Cherokee names for that world. Weaving together a chorus of voices of elders including Hastings Shade, who created booklets with over 600 Cherokee names for animals and plants, the manuscript explores how contemporary Cherokee knowledge keepers understand and engage the natural world. The core of the book is the names themselves, including birds, animals, edible plants, reptiles, amphibians, trees, insects, plants, and fish. Far more than a word list, however, the manuscript includes explanations, anecdotes, and stories attached to each entry that chart the contours of a Cherokee understanding of the natural world. Some of these names are known and in use today by Cherokee speakers, but the vast majority are no longer in everyday use within Cherokee community. What emerges in Cherokee Earth Dwellers is a breathtaking vision of an enstoried Cherokee world, one in which all creatures interrelate in complicated ways that articulate a range of values, and the evolving nature of contemporary Cherokee community"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note:, Sagwu, One., Ayetli Hidogesdi "you will stand in the middle", Tali, Two., Elohi the middle world, Forest Dwellers, Plants, Edible Plants, Jo'i, Three., Galvladi the sky world, Birds, Trees, Nvgi, Four., Elohi Hawinadidla the under world, Fish, Reptiles and Amphibians, Insects

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Cherokee Earth dwellers

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