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american indian
american indians
Author_Heidi M. Altman
Category=JBSL11
Category=JHMC
Category=SVF
cherokee
cherokee culture
culture
environment
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fish
fishing
fishing methods
folk tales
folklore
native american
native american culture
native american history
Native Americans
Product details
- ISBN 9780817353315
- Weight: 258g
- Dimensions: 176 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 09 Jul 2006
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In ""Eastern Cherokee Fishing"", life histories, folktales, and reminiscences about fish gathered from interviews with Cherokee and non-Cherokee people provide a clear and personal picture of the changes in the Qualla Boundary (Eastern Band of the) Cherokee in the last 75 years. Coupled with documentary research, these ethnographic histories illuminate changes in the language, culture, and environment (particularly, aquatic resources) since contact with Europeans and examine the role these changes have played in the traditions and lives of the contemporary Cherokees. Interviewees include a great range of informants, from native speakers of Cherokee with extensive knowledge of traditional fishing methods to Euro-American English speakers whose families have lived in North Carolina for many generations and know about contemporary fishing practices in the area. The topic of fishing thus offers perspective on the Cherokee language, the vigor of the Cherokee system of native knowledge, and the history of the relationship between Cherokee people and the local environment. Heidi Altman also examines the role of fishing as a tourist enterprise and how fishing practices affect tribal waters.
Heidi M. Altman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Georgia Southern University.
