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It was no work for a woman. That's what they told Mary Breydon when she came to manage a rundown stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. But Mary had no choice. Her fine Virginia home burned to ashes in the Civil War and her husband was brutally shot down on the way to Colorado. She needed to make a new beginning for herself and her young daughter on the raw frontier. Isolated in an untamed land, their life at the station was achingly hard and they...

A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Cherokee Indians.

Discusses the history, culture, and present situation of the Cherokees.

Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Cherokee people, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.

The Cherokees lived primarily in the southeastern United States as farmers and hunters. As white settlers pushed deeper and deeper onto their lands, the Cherokees signed numerous treaties that surrendered more of their land in exchange for the right to live peacefully. The Cherokees even embraced many white ways, such as writing a constitution based on the U.S. Constitution and creating an alphabet, in an attempt to blend in. However, nothing they...

Discusses the traditional life of the Cherokee peoples in the southern Appalachian Mountains, their beliefs and sense of community, culture, their forced migration along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, and life in the 20th century and beyond.

Tells the story of an argument between First Man and First Woman and how the first strawberry was created.

Examines the history, culture, and future prospects of the Cherokee Indians.

Examines the history, art, language, culture, and future prospects of the Cherokee Indians, as well as distinguished members of the tribe.