Title
Cherokee Beadwork Audio D2.5
Identifier
D2.5
Subject
Cultural Survival
UUID
88e76ef3-c0d6-4216-a55c-dd03f36f791c
Transcription
[M] We also know that it secretly perpetuated ancient knowledge in a way that was acceptable to Europeans. We know that symbols from pottery that was found in the mounds - the great mound, the great mound culture of the Southeastern United States - symbols from that pottery appeared on evolved into beadwork from the early 1800s. This is a quote from an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokees. There are three bands, by the way, of Cherokee. There are three federally recognised nations of Cherokees: Eastern Band, Cherokee Nation, and the Keetoowah band.
This is a quote from an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee that relates that after contact, beadwork enabled cultural survival. And here's what he said, "It was a visual language that kept beliefs alive... When we worked with flowers, we made the missionaries happy but hidden in the flowers, as well as other images, the beliefs were kept alive. In the flowers were messages and telegrams... The spiritual teachings still circulated." I absolutely love that quote. That the iconography of the beadwork from the early eighteen hundreds were messages and telegrams from the mounds and from the ancestors of the Cherokees and the Southern tribes - Southeastern tribes.
This is a quote from an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee that relates that after contact, beadwork enabled cultural survival. And here's what he said, "It was a visual language that kept beliefs alive... When we worked with flowers, we made the missionaries happy but hidden in the flowers, as well as other images, the beliefs were kept alive. In the flowers were messages and telegrams... The spiritual teachings still circulated." I absolutely love that quote. That the iconography of the beadwork from the early eighteen hundreds were messages and telegrams from the mounds and from the ancestors of the Cherokees and the Southern tribes - Southeastern tribes.
Original Format
Video
Duration
01:30 minutes