What are the life styles, values, and other cultural elements of the Cherokee American Indians?

Question

Im doing a project on the Cherokee American Indians and I want to find out more about their culture, way of life, and what they value as a whole. I also would like to know more about their migratory patters/trails and tribal regions of the past and modern day. What is going on today with modern Cherokee Indians? Any information will be of help. Thank you so much!

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee
Here's the wiki article
http://www.cherokee.org/
Here's their website.

Answer 2

I don't know much about native Americans but read about the Cherokees in these books:

Robert Conley, a novelist and short story writer who is a member of the UKB. Recommended titles: Mountain Windsong, The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories, and Ned Christie's War.[6]

John Ehle (1988). Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation. Anchor Books. ISBN 0-385-23954-8.

Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis (1999). Mankiller: A Chief and Her People. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-20662-3.

Deborah L. Duvall (2000). Tahlequah: And the Cherokee Nation. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-0782-2.

John R. Finger (1993). Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-6879-3.

Sarah H. Hill (1997). Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and Their Basketry. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4650-3.

Jack Kilpatrick and Anna Gritts Kilpatrick (1995). Friends of Thunder: Folktales of the Oklahoma Cherokees. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2722-8.

Howard Meredith and Mary Ellen Meredith (2003). Reflection on Cherokee Literary Expression. Edwin Mellon Press. ISBN 0-7734-6763-7.

Rennard Stickland (1982). Fire and the Spirits: Cherokee Law from Clan to Court. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-1619-6.

Paul T. Vickers (2005). Chiefs of Nations First Edition: The Cherokee Nation 1730 to 1839: 109 Years of Political Dialogue and Treaties. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-36984-7.

Answer 3

be certain to check out their web site as they have their own alphabet. fascinating