Note to readers of Native American Antiquity: This article marks a change. This year, the journal will change from weekly to monthly and will present facts on the art, archaeology, astronomy, history and culture in each article. I hope you enjoy the new format, wado (thanks), Courtney Miller. For the ancient Cherokee, this time of the year was a time for personal reflection and purification through ritual and ceremony. It was a time of preparation for spring, repairing o