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Articles by Barbara R. Duncan
ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᏕᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏚᎾᏛᏁᎴᎢ ᏗᏓᏃᎮᏍᎪᎢ: Cherokees in the Revolutionary War – August 1776
By BARBARA R. DUNCAN (Note: The Cherokee syllabary in the column title translates as: Aniyvwiya Degohusdi Dunadvnele’i Didanohesgo’I, “We are telling some things Cherokees did.”) South Carolina militia begins invading Lower Towns. Cherokees fight for homeland and sovereignty. In 1776, the Cherokee Lower Towns clustered along rivers that rushed down from the mountains: the Chattuga, Tugaloo, Keowee, and Broad, which create the Savannah River.
ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᏕᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏚᎾᏛᏁᎴᎢ ᏗᏓᏃᎮᏍᎪᎢ – Cherokees in the Revolutionary War – July 1776
By BARBARA R. DUNCAN (Note: The Cherokee syllabary in the column title translates as: Aniyvwiya Degohusdi Dunadvnele’i Didanohesgo’I, “We are telling some things Cherokees did.”) Founding fathers plan genocide and removal for the Cherokees. Two nations fight against each other – both seeking freedom. Cherokees go to war. Family betrays family. It’s July 1776 in the Cherokee homeland.
Cherokees in the Revolutionary War—June 1776
By BARBARA R. DUNCAN By June of 1776 Cherokees, backcountry settlers, and colonial governments were all moving closer to war. In Philadephia on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the creation of a Continental Army, under the command of George Washington. Not only the official government, but colonists in the backcountry west of the Appalachians prepared to fight.
Cherokees in the Revolutionary War – May 1776
By BARBARA R. DUNCAN Cherokee people today serve in the United States military, pay taxes, vote, and have American citizenship as well as tribal membership. But during the American Revolution, Cherokees had differing opinions about whether to support Great Britain, their long-time trading partner and ally, or to support the rebellious colonies, whose settlers often trespassed and illegally claimed Cherokee land. Two factions, led by a father and son, had opposing views.
Cherokee Man Receives Patent for Language Software, Makes Cherokee Easier to Learn
John Standingdeer Jr., a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has received a patent for his new and unique method for decoding the inherent patterns in the Cherokee language, making it simple and easy to learn this endangered language.
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