Izumi Ishii. Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree: Alcohol & the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2008.

Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma has enacted a revitalization plan to promote Cherokee language in a variety of settings, and many tribal citizens have begun to confront how language factors into their identities as Cherokees. In particular, Tsalagi Dideloquasdi, the Cherokee immersion school, has become an important sociolinguistic site for the articulation of deeply seated beliefs and attitudes about issues such as the practicality of the language in contemporary times and who has a legitimate right to learn and speak the language. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate these attitudes and beliefs as well as the ideologies that inform them. Assuming a critical ethnographic stance, I examine the hegemonic discourses and structures that have led to the loss of Cherokee over generations as well as to three ideologies — impracticality, legitimacy, and hope — that influence the current efforts of the immersion school stakeholders.

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A Political History of the Cherokee Nation, 1838-1907

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review ◽

10.2307/1897290 ◽

1938 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 417

Author(s):

Annie Heloise Abel-Henderson ◽

Morris L. Wardell

Keyword(s):

Political History ◽

Cherokee Nation ◽

History Of

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The Cherokee Nation: A History

The Arkansas Historical Quarterly ◽

10.2307/40038299 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Robert A. Myers ◽

Robert J. Conley

Keyword(s):

Cherokee Nation

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Evidence of Surplus Production in the Cherokee Nation Prior to Removal

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050700040596 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 120-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

David M. Wishart

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Cherokee Nation ◽

Surplus Production ◽

Economic Progress ◽

Level Of Economic Development ◽

White Farmers ◽

Statistical Record

Debate over the level of economic development for the Eastern Cherokees was heated during the 1830s. Removal opponents argued that the Cherokees had adopted white agricultural methods, whereas advocates of removal maintained that little evidence of progress existed. Removal advocates believed that Cherokee economic progress required that they be removed from contact with whites. This article examines the statistical record to show that a majority of Cherokee households produced surplus food before removal. The large number of Cherokee households producing surpluses before removal suggests the existence of significant rents to be transmitted to white farmers via the removal policy.

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