Anitsalagi elohi anehi = Cherokee Earth dwellers : stories and teachings of the natural world / Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade with Loretta Shade and Larry Shade ; illustrated by MaryBeth Timothy.

Author/creator Teuton, Christopher B. author.
Format Book
PublicationSeattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
Description283 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorShade, Hastings, 1941-2010 author.
Other author/creatorShade, Loretta, 1946-2021 contributor.
Other author/creatorShade, Larry contributor.
Other author/creatorTimothy, MaryBeth illustrator.
Parallel title Cherokee Earth dwellers
Abstract "Cherokee Earth Dwellers will be the first book to articulate a Cherokee view of the natural world grounded in Cherokee names for that world. Weaving together a chorus of voices of elders including Hastings Shade, who created booklets with over 600 Cherokee names for animals and plants, the manuscript explores how contemporary Cherokee knowledge keepers understand and engage the natural world. The core of the book is the names themselves, including birds, animals, edible plants, reptiles, amphibians, trees, insects, plants, and fish. Far more than a word list, however, the manuscript includes explanations, anecdotes, and stories attached to each entry that chart the contours of a Cherokee understanding of the natural world. Some of these names are known and in use today by Cherokee speakers, but the vast majority are no longer in everyday use within Cherokee community. What emerges in Cherokee Earth Dwellers is a breathtaking vision of an enstoried Cherokee world, one in which all creatures interrelate in complicated ways that articulate a range of values, and the evolving nature of contemporary Cherokee community"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Teuton, Christopher B. Cherokee earth dwellers, anitsalagi elohi anehi Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2022 9780295750194
Genre/formFolklore.
LCCN 2021043732
ISBN9780295750163 hardcover
ISBN0295750162 hardcover
ISBN9780295750187 paperback
ISBN0295750189 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E99 .C5 T345 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold