People of Kituwah: The Old Ways of the Eastern Cherokees

by Benjamin E. Frey and John D. Loftin

According to Cherokee tradition, the place of creation is Kituwah, located at the center of the world and home to the most sacred and oldest of all beloved, or mother, towns. Just by entering Kituwah, or indeed any village site, Cherokees reexperience the creation of the world, when the water beetle first surfaced with a piece of mud that later became the island on which they lived. People of Kituwah is a comprehensive account of the spiritual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520400313
• ISBN13: 9780520400313
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"