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Nanyehi. One Of The Most Important Women In American History+44 raves
by ☥☽✪☾DAW ☽✪☾2011/04/03 21:15:27 What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset
The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us.
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book?
Nanyehi.
Her birth name was Nanyehi, which means, "she who walks among the spirit people." On the day she was born, a white wolf appeared on the horizon. This was very significant to the Cherokee people, as "white" was the color that symbolized "peace," and Nanyehi was born into the Wolf Clan, one of the most prominent of the seven Cherokee clans. She was born in approximately 1738, in Chota, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, in an area that is now eastern Tennessee.
The Cherokee were a matriarch society, where the women were equal to the men. Clan kinship followed the mother'sside of the family. The children grew up in the mother's house, and it was the duty of an uncle on the mother's side toteach the boys how to hunt, fish, and perform certain tribal duties. The women owned the houses and their furnishings.Marriages were carefully negotiated, but if a woman decided to divorce her spouse, she simply placed his belongingsoutside the house
In the Cherokee society , your Clan was your family. Children belonged to the entire Clan, and when orphaned were simply taken into a different household. Marriages were often short term, and there was no punishment for divorce or adultery.
Cherokee women were free to marry traders, surveyors, and soldiers, as well as their own tribesmen.Cherokee girls learned by example how to be warriors and healers.
Nanyehi accompanied her husband, Kingfisher, to war against the Creek Indians in the 1755 Battle of Taliwa. As she knelt by his side, chewing the bullets to make them more deadly, Kingfisher was killed. Nanyehi took his rifle and led the Cherokee to victory. She was honored as a "war woman" and was given the right to sit on the War Council, and deemed the leader of the Women’s Council. She was also granted a power not even given to the Chiefs. She could determine the fate of captives, whether they be killed, enslaved, released, or adopted into the tribe.
It was important to the Cherokee that their losses be compensated with the same number of prisoners or lives.Woman led in the execution of prisoners. It was their right and responsibility as mothers. Women had the right to claimprisoners as slaves, adopt them as kin, or condemn them to death "with the wave of a swan's wing."
After years of leading her people, tending to the wounded and caring for the many orphans, she was elevated to the highest position a woman could have, that of “Ghigau,” or “Beloved Woman.” She was given a shawl of white swan feathers, which remained a symbol of her authority the rest of her life.
In her role as Beloved Woman, Nanyehi performed such duties as sitting in General Council (where she had full voiceand vote), heading the Women's Council, preparing the Black Drink for the Green Corn (busk) ceremony, and actingas a negotiator in treaty parlays. It is noted that in meeting with John Sevier to strike peace terms wit the Americans(Little Pigeon River, Tennessee, 1781), she was appalled that he had no women negotiators. He was equally appalledthat she was trusted with such an important task. It has been recorded that she admonished him to return to his peopleand explain the terms to the women, saying, "Let your women hear our words."
As a Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward also had the right to save a captive already condemned to death. In 1780 shesaved the life of Mrs. Bean, a white woman captive about to be immolated. Ward nursed her back to health and thenset her free. Her second husband was Bryant Ward, a trader in Cherokee country of Irish descent. She became known as “Nancy Ward” to the American settlers.
Nanyehi then used her powerful position of War Woman to promote peace between the Cherokee and the white settlers helping the white settlers defeat the ance to live and growI think this one is true
The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us. I'm glad there are still people out there that are interested and believe the old ways of my people. It makes me feels there's some hope out there for a better tomorrow.
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Nanyehi. One Of The Most Important Women In American History+44 raves
by ☥☽✪☾DAW ☽✪☾2011/04/03 21:15:27 What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset
The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us.
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book?
Nanyehi.
Her birth name was Nanyehi, which means, "she who walks among the spirit people." On the day she was born, a white wolf appeared on the horizon. This was very significant to the Cherokee people, as "white" was the color that symbolized "peace," and Nanyehi was born into the Wolf Clan, one of the most prominent of the seven Cherokee clans. She was born in approximately 1738, in Chota, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, in an area that is now eastern Tennessee.
The Cherokee were a matriarch society, where the women were equal to the men. Clan kinship followed the mother'sside of the family. The children grew up in the mother's house, and it was the duty of an uncle on the mother's side toteach the boys how to hunt, fish, and perform certain tribal duties. The women owned the houses and their furnishings.Marriages were carefully negotiated, but if a woman decided to divorce her spouse, she simply placed his belongingsoutside the house
In the Cherokee society , your Clan was your family. Children belonged to the entire Clan, and when orphaned were simply taken into a different household. Marriages were often short term, and there was no punishment for divorce or adultery.
Cherokee women were free to marry traders, surveyors, and soldiers, as well as their own tribesmen.Cherokee girls learned by example how to be warriors and healers.
Nanyehi accompanied her husband, Kingfisher, to war against the Creek Indians in the 1755 Battle of Taliwa. As she knelt by his side, chewing the bullets to make them more deadly, Kingfisher was killed. Nanyehi took his rifle and led the Cherokee to victory. She was honored as a "war woman" and was given the right to sit on the War Council, and deemed the leader of the Women’s Council. She was also granted a power not even given to the Chiefs. She could determine the fate of captives, whether they be killed, enslaved, released, or adopted into the tribe.
It was important to the Cherokee that their losses be compensated with the same number of prisoners or lives.Woman led in the execution of prisoners. It was their right and responsibility as mothers. Women had the right to claimprisoners as slaves, adopt them as kin, or condemn them to death "with the wave of a swan's wing."
After years of leading her people, tending to the wounded and caring for the many orphans, she was elevated to the highest position a woman could have, that of “Ghigau,” or “Beloved Woman.” She was given a shawl of white swan feathers, which remained a symbol of her authority the rest of her life.
In her role as Beloved Woman, Nanyehi performed such duties as sitting in General Council (where she had full voiceand vote), heading the Women's Council, preparing the Black Drink for the Green Corn (busk) ceremony, and actingas a negotiator in treaty parlays. It is noted that in meeting with John Sevier to strike peace terms wit the Americans(Little Pigeon River, Tennessee, 1781), she was appalled that he had no women negotiators. He was equally appalledthat she was trusted with such an important task. It has been recorded that she admonished him to return to his peopleand explain the terms to the women, saying, "Let your women hear our words."
As a Beloved Woman, Nancy Ward also had the right to save a captive already condemned to death. In 1780 shesaved the life of Mrs. Bean, a white woman captive about to be immolated. Ward nursed her back to health and thenset her free. Her second husband was Bryant Ward, a trader in Cherokee country of Irish descent. She became known as “Nancy Ward” to the American settlers.
Nanyehi then used her powerful position of War Woman to promote peace between the Cherokee and the white settlers helping the white settlers defeat the ance to live and growI think this one is true
The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us. I'm glad there are still people out there that are interested and believe the old ways of my people. It makes me feels there's some hope out there for a better tomorrow.
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