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Chief “Di’Wali” Bowles: The Muscle Shoals Massacre
Di’wali, “Bowl”, also known in history as “John Bowles,” was born around 1756 in the Cherokee town of Little Hiwasee, located in the...
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Cherokee Old Settlers
“I have seen my people strive to make a living ever since the last bunch of Cherokees arrived over the trail of tears to the present...
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Chiefdom of the Coosa: Abihka Curse
After his encounter with the Cherokee, De Soto travelled south into present-day Georgia where he found the “Chiefdom of Coosa”. At that...
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Remembering the Opposition to Relocation
By the turn of the nineteenth century, the Native American tribes known as the Five Civilized Tribes were living peacefully on their...
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Great Sites: Cahokia: New Findings
Although, there are many who doubt that the Medicine Wheel in Bighorn Mountain, Wyoming is an astronomical calendar, 1200 miles east in...
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Great Sites: Medicine Wheel–What Does it Mean?
In previous articles [Medicine Wheels of the Plains Indians and Sacred Geology], I have talked about some of the more popular theories...