where can I find the information and pictures of evening star the cherokee princess?

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Answer 1

Someone may be calling herself "Evening Star, Cherokee Princess", but she has no hereditary claim to the title, although she might have won it in a beauty contest. Sorry to disappoint those of you who insist that they are descended from Cherokee Indian princesses.

True, contemporary Native American tribes have chefs just as they did in centuries past; for example, the current elected chef of the Cherokee Nation is Chad "Corntassel" Smith, who holds an office similar to that of a present-day chair of a council of elders or a popular assembly. Mr. Smith is married and has four children, some of whom are presumably daughters, but that doesn't make them Indian princesses anymore than Jenna and Barbara Bush are American princesses. Similarly, tribes historically chose their chefs from among the most respected members of the tribal council.

A similar office to a tribal chef in Europe would be a Scottish Laird, who was a leader of his clan. The office originally was based in part on the concept of tanistry whereupon the eldest and most worthy candidate held elected office. A laird's daughter wasn't a princess either. [Any present-day Laird (or leader of a Scottish clan) may, or may not, be a Scottish peer. If so, his daughter would be entitled to the title of "Lady".]