Ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians: A Path to Sustaining Traditional Identity with an Emphasis on Medicinal Plant Use

In the public sector, increased financial resources for the tribe and individuals could be spent on new cell phones towers, but have instead been used, largely due to the leadership of former Principal Chief Joyce Dugan, to purchase the homeland of the Cherokee, Kituwah (pronounced gid-DOO-wah). Wil...

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Published inAppalachian Heritage Vol. 38; no. 4; p. 83
Main Author Brosi, Sunshine L
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 01.10.2010
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Cultural change
Cultural identity
Keresiouan languages
Mobile phones
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Summary:In the public sector, increased financial resources for the tribe and individuals could be spent on new cell phones towers, but have instead been used, largely due to the leadership of former Principal Chief Joyce Dugan, to purchase the homeland of the Cherokee, Kituwah (pronounced gid-DOO-wah). Will Cherokees become preservers of traditional ethnobotanical knowledge, examples of smart ways of development and ecological restoration, pioneers in evolving cultural traditions to meet contemporary challenges? I'm stuck thinking of my two most recent visits to a waterfall near Cherokee.
ISSN:2692-9244
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