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Monday, July 25, 2005

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:38:19 GMT

LEGEND:

Each picture of a Cherokee letter is followed by its romanization, a comma, and the key to which that letter is mapped in

THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

a, `a`			e, `		i, `~`		o, `q`	u, `Q`	v, `A`
ga, `s`	ka, `n`		ge, `1`		gi, `!`		go, `w`	gu, `W`	gv, `S`
ha, `d`			he, `2`		hi, `@`		ho, `e`	hu, `E`	hv, `D`
la, `f`			le, `3`		li, `#`		lo, `r`	lu, `R`	lv, `F`
ma, `g`			me, `4`		mi, `$`		mo, `t`	mu, `T`
na, `h`	hna, `m`	nah, `X`	ne, `5`		ni, `%`		no, `y`	nu, `Y`	nv, `G`
qua, `j`			que, `6`		qui, `^`		quo, `u`	quu, `U`	quv, `H`
sa, `k`	s, `C`		se, `7`		si, `&`		so, `i`	su, `I`	sv, `J`
da, `l`	ta, `/`		de, `8`	te, `9`	di, `*`	ti, `(`	do, `o`	du, `O`	dv, `K`
dla, `V`	tla, `Z`		tle, `0`		tli, `)`		tlo, `p`	tlu, `P`	tlv, `L`
tsa, `B`			tse, `<`		tsi, `_`		tso, `[`	tsu, `{`	tsv, `N`
wa, `v`			we, `>`		wi, `+`		wo, `]`	wu, `}`	wv, `M`
ya, `b`			ye, `\`		yi, `\|`		yo, `z`	yu, `x`	yv, `c`

Sounds Represented by Vowels

CONSONENT SOUNDS

h, k, l, m, n, q, s, t, w, and y as in English.
g nearly as in English, but approaching k. Syllables beginning with g except (ga) can have the consonance of k.
(go), (du), and (dv) are sometimes sounded to, tu, and tv.
Syllables starting with tl [except (tla)] sometimes vary to dl.

Friday, July 22, 2005

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:19:10 GMT

bored....

Friday, July 22, 2005

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:43:16 GMT

Cherokee American Artist N.G.E.D. and Historian
Graphic also by David Michael Wolfe

*Wanega Woni*	*Tslagi Woni*
English Words	Cherokee Words
Cold Moon....January	Unolvtani
Bony Moon...February	Kagali
Windy Moon...March	Anvyi
Flower Moon...April	Kawoni
Planting Moon...May	AniSguti
Green Corn Moon...June	Tihaluhiyi
Ripe Corn Moon...July	Guyegwoni
Fruit Moon...August	Galoni
Nut Moon...September	Duliidsdi
Harvest Moon...October	Duninudi
Trading Moon...November	Nudadequa
Snow Moon...December	Usgiyi

These Are Some of The Customary and Traditional Events Associated With The Moons

JANUARY: Cold Moon Unolvtani

This time of the season is a time for personal and ritual observance, fasting and personal purification. During this season, families prepare for the coming of the new seasons, starting in Windy Moon Anuyi or March. Personal items and tools for planting are repaired, and new ones made. Stories about ancestors and the family are imparted to the younger ones by the elders. A mid-Winter or "Cold Moon Dance" is usually held in the community as well, marking the passing or ending of one cycle of seasons and welcoming the beginning of the new cycle. Hearth fires are put out and new ones made. The putting out of Fires and lighting of new ones anciently is the duty of certain "priest" of certain clans, and coincides with the first new-arrival of the morning star (Sun's daughter, now called Venus) in the east.

FEBRUARY: Bony Moon Kagali

Traditional time of personal-family feast for the ones who had departed this world. A family meal is prepared with place(s) set for the departed. This is also a time of fasting and ritual observance. A community dance officiated by a "doctor" Didanawiskawi commonly referred to as a Medicine-person. Connected to this moon is the "Medicine Dance".

MARCH: Windy Moon Anuyi

"First New Moon" of the new seasons. Traditional start of the new cycle of planting seasons or Moons. New town council fires are made. The figure used to portray this moon is the historic figure of Kanati, one of the many beings created by the "Apportioner" Unethlana. These "helpers" were variously charged with the control of the life elements of the earth: air/earth/fire/water. Their domains are the sky, earth, stars and the Seven Levels of the universe.

APRIL: Flower Moon Kawoni

First plants of the season come out at this time. New births are customary within this time frame. The first new medicine and herb plants that taught mankind how to defend against sickness and conjury come out now. Streams and rivers controlled by the spirit being, "Long Man," renew their lives. Ritual observances are made to "Long Man" at this time. A dance customary at this season was the "Knee Deep Dance" of the Spring or Water Frog.

MAY: Planting Moon Anisguti

Families traditionally prepare the fields and sow them with the stored seeds from last season. Corn, beans, squashes, tomatoes, potatoes, yams and sunflowers are some food planted at this time. A dance traditionally done at this time is the "Corn Dance".

JUNE: Green Corn Moon Tihaluhiyi

First signs of the "corn in tassel", and the emerging of the various plants of the fields. People traditionally begin preparations for the upcoming festivals of the ensuing growing season. People of the AniGadugi Society begin repairs needed on town houses, family homes and generally provide for the needy. The AniGadugi Society is a volunteer help group who see to the needs of the less fortunate, the elderly and the infirm of the villages.

JULY: Ripe Corn Moon Guyegwoni

First foods or the new planting and the roasting ears of corn are ready. Towns begin the cycle festivals. Dances and celebrations of thanks to the Earth Mother and the "Apportioner" Unethlana are given. In the old times this was the traditional time of the "Green Corn Dance" or festival. A common reference of this moon is the "first roasting of ears" (of corn)...sweet corn-moon. This is the customary time for commencement of the Stick Ball games traditionally called AniStusti, "Little War". Today known as "LaCross". Stick Ball dances and festivals are commonly held at this time.

AUGUST: Fruit Moon Galoni

Foods of the trees and bushes are gathered at this time. The various "Paint Clans" begin to gather many of the herbs and medicines for which they were historically know. Green Corn festivals are commonly held at this time in the present day. The "Wild Potato" Clans AniNudawegi, begin harvesting various foods growing along the streams, marshes, lakes and ponds.

SEPTEMBER: Nut Moon Duliidsdi

The corn harvest referred to as "Ripe Corn Festival" was customarily held in the early part of this moon to acknowledge Selu the spirit of the corn. Selu is thought of as First Woman. The festival respects Mother Earth as well for providing all foods during the growing season. The "Brush Feast Festival" also customarily takes place in this season. All the fruits and nuts of the bushes and trees of the forest were gathered as this time. A wide variety of nuts from the trees went into the nut breads for the various festivals throughout the seasons. Hunting traditionally began in earnest at this time.

OCTOBER: Harvest Moon Duninudi

Time of traditional "Harvest Festival" Nowatequa when the people give thanks to all the living things of the fields and earth that helped them live, and to the "Apportioner" Unethlana. Cheno i-equa or "Great Moon" Festival is customarily held at this time.

NOVEMBER: Trading Moon Nudadaequa

Traditionally a time of trading and barter among different towns and tribes for manufactured goods, produce and goods from hunting. The people traded with other nearby tribes as well as distant tribes, including those of Canada, Middle America and South America. Also the customary time of the "Friendship Festival" Adohuna = "new friends made". This was a time when all transgressions were forgiven, except for murder which traditionally was taken care of according to the law of blood by a clans person of a murdered person. The festival recalls a time before "world selfishness and greed". This was a time also when the needy among the towns were given whatever they needed to help them through the impending lean winter season.

DECEMBER: Snow Moon Usgiyi

The spirit being, "Snow Man", brings the cold and snow for the earth to cover the high places while the earth rests until the rebirth of the seasons in the Windy Moon Anuyi. Families traditionally were busy putting up and storing goods for the next cycle of seasons. Elders enjoyed teaching and retelling ancient stories of the people to the young.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:38:40 GMT

The Cherokee People

The Cherokee people are located in two distinct regions representing their history under the United States. The Eastern Band of Cherokee are located in North Carolina and Tennessee, the traditional homeland of the people who call themselves "Ani Yun Wiya" or "Real People". The term Cherokee was probably given to them by their neighbors in the southeast, the Creeks. The Creeks called them "Tciloki", meaning "people of a different speech".

The modern Cherokee nation has more enrolled members than any other in the United States. The 1990 census showed around 400,000 Cherokees living in the country. The Navajo, however are considered the largest tribe by many since the Cherokee recognize any one who has even the smallest part Cherokee in their heritage to be a Cherokee. The Cherokee philosophy is that even the smallest drop of Cherokee blood makes one a Cherokee. Most other tribes require an individual to prove to be at least one quarter or one sixteenth descended from an individual member of a particular tribe to be eligible for membership.

The major component of the Cherokee nation is found in Oklahoma. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which evicted all Indians in the southeastern United States to what is now Oklahoma. At the time of this act, the Cherokee were an advanced nation having built towns and cities, having a written constitution and even printing their own newspapers in the Cherokee language. The Cherokee had been interacting with the United States government for quite some time on a true government to government relationship. Part of the fear that caused the move was that the Cherokee would actually take steps to become a truly independent nation on the western boundaries of the United States. The primary motivation, however, was greed. The whites in Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Alabama desired the lands of the Cherokee. The United States military had the might to grant the whites their wish.

The eviction of the Cherokee people and their relocation to Oklahoma has become known as the "Trail of Tears". The military did not care for the Cherokees in any way during the migration. The forced move was accompanied by disease, harsh weather, starvation and attacks by marauding whites. Over 4,000 Cherokee died on the road to Oklahoma. Every year, the "Trail of Tears'" is recalled in a pageant and remembrance ceremony in the Cherokee capital of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

The government's treatment of the Cherokee and other tribes in the 1830s bore bitter fruit thirty years later when all five of the "Civilized Tribes", that is the Cherokee, the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Muskogee or Creek, and the Seminole signed treaties with the Confederate States of America and fought in the war against the Union. The earliest fully documented Cherokee flag is that of the Cherokee Braves. This flag was presented to principal chief John Ross on October 7, 1861 by the Confederate Indian Commissioner, Albert Pike. A similar flag has been attributed to the First Cherokee Mounted Rifles, possibly pointing to the base design as a de facto national flag for the Cherokee Nation (Devereaux D. Cannon Jr., The Flags of the Confederacy, An Illustrated History, [Memphis, TN : St. Luke's Press & Broad foot Publishing, 1988], 64). This flag was the standard design of the first Confederate national flag, three horizontal stripes of red over white over red bearing a blue canton upon which a ring of eleven white stars appeared. The standard flag was modified for use by the Cherokees by the addition of a large red star in the center of the ring and that was surrounded by four smaller red stars. The five additional stars stood for the five "Civilized Tribes", while the large one specifically referred to the Cherokees. In red letters on the white stripe appeared the words "Cherokee Braves". This flag, employing black lettering is used today by the unrecognized "Southern Cherokee Nation" based in Georgia (note: this is not the same as the state recognized Cherokee of Georgia which employ a distinctive flag of their own).

In Dr. Whitney Smith's "The Flag Book of the United States"(FBUS, 254-255), the Cherokee are reported to have a white flag bearing seven red seven pointed stars. This flag, which has been called a "peace flag" was known to have been used in the ceremonies of the Cherokee to celebrate their national holiday on Sept. 7, 1968. The Cherokee Peace Flag is symbolic in both color and design. The red stars stand for victory and success, while the white background represents peace and happiness. The seven points of each star recall the seven clans of the Cherokee people. The stars are arranged in the pattern of the constellation "Yonegwa", known to the white man as the Great Bear or Big Dipper. According to Cherokee history, the peace flag was carried by the Cherokee from their traditional home to the Indian Territory along the "Trail of Tears". Before that journey began, the Cherokee War Flag, was buried with a hatchet. The "War Flag" was red and bore the Big Dipper in white according to tribal sources. This counter changing of red and white for war and peace is a common design element in many eastern tribes.

As of March 1998, the government of the Cherokee of Oklahoma is considering bringing back the "Peace flag" with some design modifications. Added to the fly would be a black star for those having died on the "Trail of Tears" while a blue star may be added for the bright future.

The western Cherokee based in Oklahoma have an orange flag. This flag bears their tribal seal (ANNIN) in the center. A single seven pointed star, each point divided in half, one side yellow, the other orange.

This star recalls the seven original clans of the Cherokee people. This is surrounded by a oak wreath depicted in orange and green. The oak symbolizes the sacred eternal fire which was kindled from oak wood. All this lies on a gray circle. Ringing this central circle is an orange band bearing the phrase "Seal of the Cherokee Nation" in both English and Cherokee script. In the Cherokee language, it is pronounced "Tsa la gi yi A ye hli", meaning "The Cherokee Nation"(postcard, "Seal of the Cherokee Nation"). That script, it should be noted, was the invention of the great Cherokee chief, Sequoyah. It was the first Indian language to be put in written form. At the base of the orange ring is the date Sept. 6, 1839, the date of the constitution of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.

Beyond the seal is a ring of seven yellow seven pointed stars, again recalling the seven original clans. These stars also recall the seven holidays in the Cherokee Life cycle and the seven sacred rites in the Cherokee's native religion. The stars are arranged so that each has one point aiming toward the central seal.

Edging the entire flag is a border of green and black diagonal stripes similar to the rope-like border frequently found around a seal .

The flag was designed by Mr. Stanley John Cherokee Advocate, 8/78), a full blooded Navajo and husband to a member of the Cherokee nation. It was approved by the Tribal Council on October 9, 1978 and officially raised over the Tribal headquarters on September 30, 1979(Cherokee Advocate 9/79).

As the result of a resolution passed by the Cherokee Council on September 9, 1989, the flag of the Cherokee Nation was altered Cherokee Council Resolution #73-89, Sept. 9, 1989). To the upper fly corner was added a single black seven pointed star Sample flag provided by the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK). This star is a constant reminder of those Cherokee who lost their lives during the terrible ordeal recalled each year in Tahlequah, the "Trail of Tears".

I'm Cherokee!!!!! Yeah!!!!Whoo-hoo!!

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:12:28 GMT

Native Languages of the Americas: Cherokee (Tsalagi)

Language: Cherokee--more properly spelled Tsalagi--is an Iroquoian language with an innovative written syllabary invented by a Cherokee scholar. Tsalagi is spoken by about 22,000 people, primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Though it is one of the healthier Indian languages of North America and the one in which the most literature being published, Tsalagi is still in imperiled condition because of government policies as late as the fifties which enforced the removal of Cherokee children from Tsalagi-speaking homes, reducing the number of young Cherokees being raised bilingually from 75% to less than 5% today.

People: 'Cherokee' is Creek for 'people with another language'. (It's really amazing how white settlers always managed to learn some other tribe's name for any group of Indians. They learned the Creek word for Cherokee, but not the Creek word for themselves.) Anyway, our original name for ourselves was Aniyunwiya, but Cherokee is fine too (though we say it Tsalagi--there's no R in our language). There are about 350,000 Cherokee people today, primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

History: The best-known episode in Cherokee history was also the worst: the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of the Cherokee people from their ancestral home in the southeast to Oklahoma. The Cherokee had been one of the most acculturated of Indian societies--an urban, Christian, agricultural, largely intermarried people who supported the United States against other tribes. In the end this was all for nothing. Though some prominent Americans, such as Davy Crockett and Daniel Webster, spoke against Removal, and though the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, President Andrew Jackson, declaring "Justice Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it," sent in the army. Fifteen to twenty thousand Cherokee and their Indian neighbors (Choctaw, Muskogee, and others) were rounded up and herded to Oklahoma in the winter of 1838-1839. Driven from their homes without being allowed to collect their possessions first, even their shoes, these prosperous and largely citified Indians were no better equipped for an 800-mile forced march than a white suburb today would be. Between four and eight thousand Cherokee people died of exposure, starvation, disease, and simple exhaustion along the Trail of Tears. If you understand this, both the extent to which the Cherokees had adopted American standards of civilization before the Removal and the ultimate futility of it, you will go a long way towards understanding the Cherokee mentality and also the attitudes of other Indian peoples towards us.

Here is some info about my roots.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:42:13 GMT

Here are some pics of Gwen Stefani a great singer!

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:32:40 GMT

Electric Blue Empty Every Morning Everything I Said
Here are some Cranberries lyrics. Check out there site: cranberries.ie
Electric Blue	Electric blue eyes, where did you come from? Electric blue eyes, who sent you? Electric blue eyes, always be near me Electric blue eyes, I need you (Na na noh, na na noh, na na noh, na na noh) x4 Domine, Domine, Deus Domine, Adiuva Me Domine, Domine, Deus Domine, Adiu, Adiuma Me Hey, eh, hey, eh If you should go, you should know... I love you If you should go, you should know... I'm here Always be near me, guardian angel Always be near me, there's no fear (Na na noh, na na noh, na na noh, na na noh) x4 Domine, Domine, Deus Domine, Adiuva Me Domine, Domine, Deus Domine, Adiu, Adiuma Me Hey, eh, hey, eh Na na no, na na no, na na no, na na no, na na no, na na no, na na no, na na no

Empty	Something has left my life And I don't know where it went to Somebody caused me strife And it's not what I was seeking Didn't you see me, didn't you hear me Didn't you see me standing there Why did you turn out the lights Did you know that I was sleeping Say a prayer for me Help me to feel the strength I did My identity, has it been taken Is my heart breaking on me All my plans fell through my hands, They fell Through my hands on me In my dreams it suddenly seems, it suddenly seems Empty

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:06:35 GMT

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
~John Lennon

Monday, July 18, 2005

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:30:54 GMT

The Gift of the Garbage Man (Part I)

(by Carolyn McInnes)

Have you ever stopped to think of all the garbage man does for you?

It’s a clear blue day. I suck in the pure air like a hungry vacuum cleaner. First, I inhale sweet dogwood. Then pine, rich and earthy. Closing my eyes, I imagine I’m winding through some sun-splattered forest. A potpourri of fragrant flowers drifts from my nostrils to my head. I’m dizzy with delight, and everything smells like freedom. As I stroll through the parking lot to the mailbox, I’m intoxicated with life.

What glorious scent will the next breath bring? I draw in the air slowly, with great anticipation. And then . . .

My throat suddenly constricts. My stomach lurches up and down wildly, and I think I might lose my lunch right there. The air has changed, and I’m strangled by a combination of the most offensive smells known to man. As I round the corner, holding my breath, I see the garbage truck.

I only glance at the garbage man on the tailgate as I hurry by. From the corner of my eye, I can just make out his stained blue work jumper and a greasy ponytail. I feel his eyes following me, and my pace quickens.

“Hey, wait!”

So I freeze. The parking lot is empty, and the garbage man is obviously calling out to me.

As he approaches, the putrid scent intensifies. He smells like all of the things he’s been surrounded by. Sour milk. Dirty diapers. Rancid meat. Rotten fruit. His work suit is smeared with the remains of all of these items and more. I think I might pass out.

“Hi!” He grins and brushes away a wisp of his long hair with a filthy glove. “We’re running a little behind schedule. I was wondering if I could use your phone.”

I stare at him. “In my apartment?” I ask. This must be a joke. I think of the vanilla scent that hangs in the air of my immaculate home. Then, cringing, I envision his steel-toed boots tracking unidentified waste across my ivory carpet.

“No offense,” I say, still trying not to breathe any more than necessary, “but I just cleaned my house. And you . . . well, you don’t smell so great.”

The garbage man doesn’t appear insulted. “No offense,” he responds matter-of-factly, “but if I didn’t pick up your garbage every day, your house would always smell the way I smell.”

I don’t understand his point. I just want to get away from this weirdo. I want to breathe the fresh air again.

“I appreciate that you pick up my garbage,” I say. “Now, if you’ll excuse me. . . .”

“Do you really appreciate it?” he asks. “How often do you actually say to someone, ‘I sure am thankful that the sanitation engineer picks up my trash every day!’? I’ve seen you out here before. You never once thanked me.”

“I wave sometimes,” I answer defensively. “Besides, why are you acting so noble? This is your job!”

The garbage man chuckles a little. “You think this is how I make a living?” he asks, a knowing smile dancing on his lips. “You don’t recognize me, do you?”

Know It!
God wants you to thank and praise Him consistently.

Read It!
Psalm 62:1-2; Psalm 115:1; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 13:1-2.

Pray It!
Ask God to give you His eyes and His eyes.

Check out yesterday’s devo, Touchdown!.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:56:05 GMT


OMG!!!!!! More pics!!!! Can u say obssed or what?!?!?!