{"product_id":"cherokee-voices-early-accounts-of-cherokee-life-in-the-east-paperback","title":"Cherokee Voices: Early Accounts of Cherokee Life in the East - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVicki Rozema\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the time they established formal ties with Great Britain in 1730, the Cherokees had a rocky relationship with white settlers. They found grounds for dispute over trade practices, territorial control, and the complicated loyalties among the various Indian tribes and European powers. Over the years, the Cherokees struggled to maintain their ancient traditions as the tribe was assimilated into the white man's culture. \u003cem\u003eCherokee Voices\u003c\/em\u003e uses the participants' own words to tell the story of early Cherokee life. The selections were gathered from journals, treaty records, and correspondence written by Cherokees or by Europeans or Americans who knew them. The excerpts begin with the 1730 visit of Alexander Cuming, who appointed an \"emperor\" for the Cherokees. Touching on matters as varied as the Cherokees' oral tradition, their village life, their ball games, their treaties with white settlers, their famous \u003ci\u003eCherokee Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, and their education in Christian mission schools, the chapters take readers from when the Cherokees were dependent on European trade to when they became self-sufficient farmers and tradesmen. Unlike most books about the Cherokees, written in the third person by authors who lived years after the events, this one recognizes that no one can speak more eloquently of their lives, trials, and customs than the people themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVicki Rozema is the author of \u003cem\u003eFootsteps of the Cherokees: A Guide to the Eastern Homelands of the Cherokee Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVoices from the Trail of Tears\u003c\/em\u003e. The first edition of \u003cem\u003eFootsteps of the Cherokees\u003c\/em\u003e received an Award of Merit from the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1996. Also an acclaimed photographer, she is a history professor at the University of Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVicki Rozema is the author of \u003cem\u003eFootsteps of the Cherokees: A Guide to the Eastern Homelands of the Cherokee Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVoices from the Trail of Tears\u003c\/em\u003e. The first edition of \u003cem\u003eFootsteps of the Cherokees\u003c\/em\u003e received an Award of Merit from the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1996. Also an acclaimed photographer, she is a history professor at the University of Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772941795616,"sku":"9780895872708","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c0253a9957440be367a17e30bd99cda.webp?v=1780416881","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cherokee-voices-early-accounts-of-cherokee-life-in-the-east-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}