At the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, we recorded an interview with Eddie Swimmer, who workds at the box office at the museum.
Dylan Smythe transcribed some of the conversation.
This is what he learned:
o Belief: when man started hunting animals, the animals were all about revenge, so they declared that for every animal killed a disease would be released. then plants declared that for every disease released, a cure would be found
o Cherokee medicine was slow working, but effective to most illnesses and cuts.
o Medical treatment was thought as bad magic and people tried to steer clear of it.
o Plant god: Adowahe(ado-wha-hee)
o The represenitive of the Cherokee had to be democratic.
o British were the first to start scalping Indians then the Indians adapted to it.
o Cfr = code of federal regulations
The Cherokee are the only federally recognized tribe in NC.
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