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Visualizing the Cherokee Homeland through Indigenous Historical GIS: An Interactive Map of James Mooney's Ethnographic Fieldwork and Cherokee Collective Memory
… James Mooney to work among the Eastern Band of Cherokee. From 1887 to 1916, Mooney documented the sites and stories of the Cherokee homeland as shared with him by members of the community. Mooney's working maps and field notes were recently discovered at the archive of the Smithsonian …
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Pyrite porphyroblast paragenesis at the Cherokee Mine, Ducktown, Tennessee
… stratabound, massive sulfide ore at the Cherokee Mine, Ducktown, Tennessee. These porphyroblasts contain abundant inclusions of sphalerite, calcite, and micas that are used to determine the paragenesis of the porphyroblasts and the metamorphic history of the ore deposit. The ore …
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Reservoir characterization and geology of the coals and carbonaceous shales of the Cherokee group in the Cherokee Basin, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, U.S.A.
The Cherokee Basin is an inter-cratonic depression that is part of the Pennsylvanian-age Western Interior Basin. The coals and carbonaceous shales of the Cherokee and Marmaton groups of Desmoinesian age have produced significant quantities of gas for nearly 100 years from depths of less than 2,000 …
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Cherokee Abstract Artist Leon Polk Smith: A Convergence of Traditions
… within the history and political events of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations it is revealed how Polk Smith developed a formal language that could navigate both worlds and be viewed through a pure abstraction lens or a lens embodying his Indigenous traditions. In addition to his …
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Cherokee Indian Removal: The Treaty of New Echota and General Winfield Scott.
… of New Echota was signed by a small group of Cherokee Indians and provided for the removal of the Cherokees from their lands in the southeastern United States. This treaty was secured by dishonest means and, despite the efforts of Chief John Ross to prevent the removal of the Cherokees from …
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Enumeration and health-related characteristics of hired farm workers in Cherokee County, Texas
… enumeration of migrant/seasonal farm workers, in Cherokee County, East Texas, several community professionals expressed doubt that the study reflected the “real” numbers, and expressed a need for an enumeration of all hired farm workers in the county. The apparent undercount of the …
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Regulating the republic: violence and order in the Cherokee-Georgia borderlands, 1820-1840
In the two decades prior to Cherokee Removal, Georgians discussed removal as a way for the state to create and maintain order, a cluster of ideas that revolved around a social system that championed white superiority, a political system that adhered to republican thinking, and a legal system that …
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Examining the Sociocultural Experiences of Cherokee Nation Citizens in Athletic Competition and Sport
… was to examine the sociocultural experiences of Cherokee adults in athletic competition and sport. Specifically, following a qualitative design, fifteen participants were interviewed about their personal experiences in athletic competition and sport while growing up in rural Oklahoma. Interviews …
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The Embodiment of Citizenship: Sovereignty and Colonialism in the Cherokee Nation, 1880--1920
… law, medicine, and education---in which Cherokees and Americans articulated representational bodily images and created policy with long-lasting effects in both nations. In this period, marriage became the symbol for the union of the two nations, and images of elite Cherokee women were …
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Optimization of a Vortex Generator Configuration for a 1/4-Scale Piper Cherokee Wing
… configuration for a 1/4-scale model of the Piper Cherokee wing. Several variables were incorporated into this experiment in an effort to determine their influence on vortex generator performance enhancement (or degradation). Vane type vortex generators were used with 3 different leading edge …
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Legacy of Betrayal: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison of the Cherokee Removal and the Highland Clearances
… study of the removal experiences of the Cherokees of Georgia and the Sutherland Gaels in the Highlands of Scotland. Examining the effects of colonialism and cultural imperialism on indigenous populations, the following examines the ways in these peoples mediated their colonial experiences …
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A case study: the effectiveness of an in-school suspension program at Cherokee High School
… on an in-school suspension program at Cherokee High School, The intern evaluated three aspects of the program. The intern sought to identify if the population of the school views the program as a deterrent, as well as evaluate the rehabilitation aspect of the program. Additionally, the …
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Uranium in groundwater and its potential as a natural contaminant in the Cherokee Basin, southeastern Kansas
… alkalinity. The sedimentary succession in the Cherokee Basin in southeastern Kansas includes several black shales interbedded with limestones. Gamma-ray logs from oil and gas wells revealed a very high level of radioactivity in the black shales, reaching 740 API (units of gamma-ray radiation) …
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Listening to our stories in dusty boxes: Indigenous storytelling methodology, archival practice, and the Cherokee Female Seminary
… alongside distinctively human ones. Using the Cherokee Female Seminary during the nineteenth century as a case for this kind of methodology, storytelling uncovers and builds relationships through participatory means, contextualizing both the human and non-human agents in archival work that can …
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