History 275CH - Topics in Native American and Indigenous Studies: 'Duyukdv: Cherokee Studies'

This course explores in-depth the history, culture, philosophies, and strong futures of one Indigenous community, the Cherokees, from origin stories to the present day. Today, there are three federally recognized Cherokee nations: the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. We will look at oral (hi)stories, the Cherokee tradition of duyukdv (the right way, the right path), art and material culture, literature, traditional ecological knowledge, and Cherokee memory of various major historical events such as the Trail of Tears, allotment, the invention of the Cherokee syllabary, and much more.