A HUNDRED MILES OF BAD ROAD By Dwight W. Birdwell and Keith William Nolan. ISBN:  0-89141-628-5

        The story of nineteen year-old Cherokee Dwight W. Birdwell's experience in VietNam as a honorable Native American warrior in the position of an armored Cavalryman.  Birdwell was awarded two silver stars for his heroic actions.

CHEROKEE TREE By Paul B. Thomas

        Thomas traces his Cherokee Family Tree back to the Beloved Cherokee Woman, Nancy Ward.  The book contains family stories passed down, geneology charts, many illustrations and historical information. Call (918) 825-1161 for ordering information.

FIRE AND THE SPIRITS Cherokee Law from Clan to Court By Rennard Strickland.  ISBN: 0-8061-1227-1  Volume 133 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.

        This book traces the emergence of the Cherokee system of laws from the ancient spirit decrees to the fusion of tribal law ways with Anglo-American law. The Cherokees enacated their first written law in 1808 in Georgia.  Strickland provides a brief review of Cherokee history and explains the circumstances surrounding the stages of development of the legal system. Excerpts from editorials in the Cherokee Phoenix, Cherokee Advocate, letters and tribal documents and a series of charts explaining the Complex Cherokee spirit system of crimes and the punishments meted out for them are included.

James Mooney's HISTORY, MYTHS, AND SACRED FORMULAS OF THE CHEROKEES ISBN:  0-914875-19-1

        This book contains the full texts of Myths of the Cherokee and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney as originally published by the Bureau of American Ethonology in 1900 and 1891, respectively. The biographical introduction, James Mooney and the Eastern Cherokees was written in 1992 by Geoerge Eillison. Contains map and several illustrations.

HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS AND THEIR LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE By Emmet Starr.   ISBN: 0527857009

        History - the steps of mankind - and particularly those of the Cherokees, have  been set forth in this important volume by Emmet Starr.  It has been widely used by scholars, historians, and geneologists, and will continue to be.

THE CHEROKEES By Grace Steele Woodward  Library of Congress Card Number 63-8986.

        Steele starts out by taking a look at Cherokees today, then covers the history of the Cherokee from contact with the Spaniards in 1540 through reconstruction and Statehood.  The book includes several maps and many illustrations.

THE INTRUDERS The Illegal Residents of the Cherokee Nation 1866-1907 By Nancy Hope Sober.

        Sober's book is a narrative account of intrusion by noncitizens upon the land of the Cherokee tribe in the Indian Territory west of the Missippi River.  Chapters included are:  Privileges and Problems of Tribal Citizenship; Intrusion by White Settlers; Intrusion by Blacks, Interference by the Federal Government, and more.  Includes several maps, illustrations, and intruder lists.
 

MANKILLER - A Chief and Her People. An Autobiography by the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation By Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis.  ISBN:  0-312-09868-5

        Wilma Mankiller, the principal chief of the Cherokees, tells her own personal story and the compelling history of her people in this spiritually moving autobiography.

THE UNITED KEETOOWAH BAND of Cherokee Indian in Oklahoma By Georgia Rae Leeds.  ISBN:  0-8204-2720-9

        Leeds provides an interesting history of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, 65% of whose members are full-blooded Indians.  The UKB asserts that it predates the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma are represent the real Cherokees. Leeds presents background history up to the present time.  Many illustrations and legal documents are included.

WEAVING NEW WORLDS Cherokee Women and Their Basketry By Sarah H. Hill ISBN:  0-8078-2345-7(Cloth-alk.paper) ISBN:  0-8078-4650-3(pbk-alk.paper)

        Over the course of three centuries, Cherokees developed four major basketry traditions based on rivercane, whiteoak, honeysuckle, and maple.  Hill explores how the addition of each new material occured in the context of lived experience, ecological processes, social conditions, economic circumstances, and historical eras.  Included are the interesting stories of Cherokee baskets and the women who weave them and many illustrations.

CHEROKEE ROOTS Volume 1:  Eastern Cherokee Rolls By Bob Blankenship ISBN: 0-963774-1-8

        Includes: 1817 Reservation Rolls; 1817-1835 Emigration Roll; 1835 Henderson Roll; 1848 Mullay Roll; 1852 Silar Roll; 1883 Hester Roll; 1908 Churchhill Roll; 1909 Guion Miller East;  1924 Baker Roll and enrollment procedures of Eastern Band. Can call (704) 497-9709 for ordering information.

CHEROKEE ROOTS Volume 2:  Western Cherokee Rolls By Bob Blankenship ISBN:  0-9633774-2-6

        Includes: 1851 Old Settler Roll; 1852 Drennen Roll by Family Name; 18096-1914 Combination Dawes and Guion Miller Rolls and enrollment procedur of the Cherokee Nation.
 

DESCENDANTS OF AUSTIN RIDER & MARY "POLLY" STARR "Ani-Yun-Wi-Ya" Real People.  By Sandi Garrett, Cherokee Woman Publishing, P.O. Box 48, Spavinaw, OK. 74366-0048.

        There are (500) five hundred names and (5) five generations, starting in the year of 1785 through 1969.  Most of thes names have roll or census numbers. User friendly, indexed including spouses.  5 1/2 X 8 1/2. (44 pages) $10.00 postpaid.

ONLY THE NAMES REMAIN Volumes 1-6 By Sandi Garrett, Cherokee Woman Publishing, P.O. Box 48, Spavinaw, OK 74366-0048.  Email Sandi

        Indian Territory-Oklahoma.  These books (individually described below) link the Drennen Roll (1851) to the applications of the Guion-Miller Roll (1910).  All volumes are 8 1/2 X11, spiral bound, user friendly and indexed.
        Volume 1:  Flint District.  Covers the sourthern part of what is now Adair County, Oklahoma.  The towns that are here today are:  Stilwell, Baron, Bunch, Lyons and Blanch Oklahoma (122 pages) $20.00 postpaid.
        Volume 2:  Canadian, Illinois & Disputed Districts.  Canadian District was located in what is now parts of Muskogee and McIntosh Counties. The towns that are here today are: Checotah, Warner, Webber Falls, Oktaha, Keefeton and Tentiesville, Oklahoma.  Illinois District  today is comprised of the Western half of Sequoyah and  part of Muskogee Counties.  The towns that are here today are:  Braggs, Vian and Gore, Oklahoma.   Disputed Distrcit probably took in all boundary lines of the other eight districts in Indian Territory, especially the Arkansas line (87 pages) $20.00 postpaid.
        Volume 3:  Saline District & 1880 Cherokee Orpahnage Census.  Saline District was located in what is now called part of Delawares, Mayes and Cherokee Counties.  The towns that are here today are:  Salina, Rose, Spavinaw, and Locust Grove, Oklahoma.  Cherokee Orphanage [was located in Mayes County, Salina, Oklahoma]  Census of 1880 is included. (119 pages) $20.00 postpaid.
        Volume 4:  Goingsnake District.  Goingsnake District was located in the northern part of Adair County and the southern part of Delaware County with a portion of Cherokee County.  The towns are here today are:  Watts, Ballard, Westville, Christie and Proctor, Oklahoma.  (121 pages) $20.00 postpaid.
        Volume 5:  Delaware District.  Delaware District was located in Delaware, Mayes, Craig and Ottawa Counties.  The towns that are here today are:  Colcord, Jay, Twin Oaks, Zena, Grove, and Little Kansas, Oklahoma (164 pages) $25.00 postpaid.
        Volume 6:  Tahlequah & Skin Bayou Districts:  Tahlequah District basically covered what is today Cherokee County.  The towns that are here today are:  Tahlequah (capitol of both  the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma), Fort Gibson, Park Hill, Sequoyah and Lost City, Oklahoma.  Skin Bayou District, which was called Sequoyah District after the Drennen Roll was taken, it located in what today is called Sequoyah County.  The towns that are here today are:  Sallisaw, Muldrow, Roland and Brushy, Oklahoma.  (169 pages) $25.00 postpaid.

WHERE ARE MY CHEROKEES By Sandi Garrett, Cherokee Woman Publishing, P.O. Box 48, Spavinaw, OK 74366-0048

        This book offers instructions of the process of finding your Cherokees, making application for Tribal membership in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and your rights as a card carrying Cherokee.  Small sample applications are included. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 (36 pages) $7.50 postpaid.

AND STILL THE WATERS RUN The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes By Angie Debo.  ISBN:  0-0691-04615-8(hardcover); ISBN:  0-691-00578-8(paperback)

        Debo's classic work tells the true tragic story of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles.  Debo describes the perilous gift of American citizenship given in 1907, and documents the orgy of exploitation that followed. Within a generation the Indians were stripped of their holdings, and were rescued from starvation only through public charity.

INDIAN GIVERS By Jack Weatherford. ISBN:  0-449-90496-2

        Weatherford traces the crucial contributions made by Indians to our federal system of        government, our democractic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology. Some 60% of the foods eaten in the world today were first harvested by the Indians of the Americans.

NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS Southeastern Legends: Tales from the Natchez, Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and other Nations. Complied and edited by George E. Lankford. ISBN: 0-87483-038-9

        Lankford dedicates this book to the memore of the ancient inhabitants of the Southeast.  Includes 131 Southeastern Native American Legends including several Cherokee legends.

NATIVE ROOTS By Jack Weatherford.  ISBN: 0-449-90713-9

        Weatherford shows how Europeans grafted their civilization onto the deep and nourshing roots of Native American customs and beliefs.  Our place names, our farmingg techniques, our crafts, the very blood that flows in our veins-all derive from American Indians in ways that we consistently faile to see.  Without understanding Native Americans, we will never know who we are today in America.

THE RIGHTS OF INDIANS AND TRIBES The Basic ACLU Guide to Indian and Tribal Rights By Stephen L. Pevar.  ISBN:  0-8093-1768-0

        This American Civil Liberties Union Handbook sets forth your rights under the present laws and offers suggestion on how they can be protected. The guide offers no assurances that your rights will be respected.  The guide is in a question and answer format covering many issues and includes appendixes containing several laws and acts.

A HUNDRED MILES OF BAD ROAD By Dwight W. Birdwell and Keith William Nolan. ISBN:  0-89141-628-5

The story of nineteen year-old Cherokee Dwight W. Birdwell's experience in VietNam as a honorable Native American warrior in the position of an armored Cavalryman.  Birdwell was awarded two silver stars for his heroic actions.
 

MANKILLER - A Chief and Her People. An Autobiography by the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation By Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis.  ISBN:  0-312-09868-5

        Wilma Mankiller, the principal chief of the Cherokees, tells her own personal story and the compelling history of her people in this spiritually moving autobiography.

This 116 page spiral bound book will introduce you to the National Statuary Hall Collection, located in the U.S. Capitol.  The book includes picture and biography with each statue, maps, walk through information [hours, subways, bathrooms, etc].  User friendly.  Can contact author for ordering information:  Philip H. Viles, Jr., P.O. Box 700414, Tulsa, OK 74170-0414, or check with your local bookstore.