“He is wise; he has something to say. Let us call him ‘A-tse-nu-sti,’ the messenger.” This is the story of Reverend Samuel Austin Worcester (1798-1859),

Many Anglo-Americans in the nineteenth century regarded Indian tribes as little more than illiterate bands of savages in need of “civilizing.” Few were will

First published in 1956, this book traces the progress of the Cherokee people, beginning with their native social and political establishments, and gradually un

The Cherokee are one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States, with more than three hundred thousand people across the country claiming tribal