Student Resources

 

BOOKS & ARTICLES

Hastings Shade- Myths, Legends, and Old Sayings
Robert Conley-History of the Cherokee Nation
Rennard Strickland-The Indians in Oklahoma
Rennard Strickland-Fire and Spirit, Cherokee Law and Clan to Court
Grant Foreman-The Five Civilized Tribes-
Grant Foreman-Indian Removal
James Mooney-History, Myths & Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee
Theda Perdue-The Cherokee Removal: A brief History w/documents
Theda Perdue- The Cherokees
Theda Perdue-Cherokee Women: Gender & Culture Change, 1700-1835
Theda Perdue- Cherokee Editor: The Writings of Elias Boudinot
Angie Debo- And Still the Waters Run
David Fitzgerald-The Cherokee Trail of Tears

MAPS

University of Gerorgia http://www.libs.uga.edu
Library of Congress- http://memory.loc.gov
USGENWEB-www.rootsweb.com/ ~usgenweb/maps/georgia/

Video & Film

"Stories of the Cherokees"-Cherokee Media DVD www.cherokee.tv & www.cherokeestories.org

"Trail of Tears"- Riche - Heape Production DVD http://www.richheape.com
“Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School”- Riche- Heape Production DVD http://www.richheape.com
"The Beginning They Told" http://www.blackgummountain.com/

WEB

Cherokee Nation http://www.cherokee.org

Cherokee Heritage Center http://www.cherokeeheritage.org

Talking Leaf - http://www.talkingleaf.org

National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Smithsonian: American Indian History http://www.si.edu
Frank H. McClung Museum mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/
Oklahoma Historical Society http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/