Eastern Cherokee fishing /

Includes life histories, folktales, and reminiscences about fish gathered from interviews with Cherokee and non-Cherokee people, this book provides a picture of the changes in the Qualla Boundary (Eastern Band of the) Cherokee. It examines the role these changes have played in the traditions and liv...

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Main Author: Altman, Heidi M., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2006
Series:Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Cherokee history and the changing environment : effects on fish and fishing
  • Subsistence, material culture, and fishing practices
  • Cherokee traditional ecological knowledge and fishing : "there's a lot to that; you gotta know the signs"
  • Tourism, fishing, and contemporary Cherokee identity : the discourse of enterprise and reserve
  • Conclusions.