Traditional Arts

ᏂᏧᎾᏛᏁᎸᏍᏔᏅ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ Nitsunadvnelvstanv Ditlilostanv Traditional Arts

ᏂᏧᎾᏛᏁᎸᏍᏔᏅ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ Nitsunadvnelvstanv Ditlilostanv Traditional Arts Contributors: Dr. Catherine Compton-Lilly Chief Lamar Nelson Mike White

BlackHawk Tiller Abigail Fowler Asiye Demir Anna Howard 1

ᏔᎷᏣ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᏫᎾ.

Talutsa gvsga na awina.

The young man is making a basket.

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ᎦᏓᎫᎫ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᎨᏯ.

Gadagugu nigvneha na agehya.

The woman is making a clay pot.

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ᏴᎩ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ.

Yvgi nigvneha na asgaya.

The man is making a spear.

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ᏚᏫᏍᎦᎵ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎢ.

Duwisgali nigvneha na utvsohnvi.

The elderly man is making an arrowhead.

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ᎠᎵᏍᏚᎶᎯ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.

Alsdulohi nigvneha na agayvligei.

The elderly woman is making a scarf.

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ᎠᏕᎳ ᎠᏯᏟᏗ ᏂᎬᏁᎠ Ꮎ ᎠᏔ.

Adela ayatlidi nigvneha na ata.

The young woman is making a bead necklace.

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ᎠᏂᎳᏍᏓᎸ ᎤᏂᎪᏗᏗᏓᏂᎳᏫ ᎠᎾᏓᏥᎩᎭ!

Anilasdalv unigodididanilawi anadadsgiha!

The tribe is gathering for a meeting!

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Photography Credits We are grateful to Dustin Wolfe and the Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee, North Carolina for allowing us to take the photographs that appear on pages 3, 5, 9, 11, & 13.

Thank you to Black Hawk Tiller for the photograph of traditional wood carving that appears on page 7 and to the Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois & United Tribes for the photograph that appears on page 15

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