One elder who lived at Uwohiloi was very knowledgeable about things that happened long ago and what was going to happen to the people in the future. This is what he said: “When the end of the world is …

Several of the elder men met together to talk about many amazing things. ᎠᎾᏙᏂᏍᎨᎮᏃ anadonisgehehno ‘ because they worked their medicine ’ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎾᎢᏳ aniktana'iyu ‘ they were gifted ’ …

“Then the elder women would head toward the woods near the creek. They were looking for what they called kochuna and also wild onions and polk. They harvested these wild greens by the creek. ᏒᎯᏱᏃ …

He was an old man, an elder, and a healer. They say that he used to make a lot of things—crafts—with his hands. ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏊᎢ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎠᏛᎯᏍᏔᏅᎥᏍᎨᎢ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏠᎨᏏ ᎤᏫᏒᏗᏱ ᎤᏬᏢᏎᎢ uwohlvse'i ‘ he had made …

The elder men got ready to go to the place where they would capture this little person. They headed for a place that was very quiet. They all sat down to block the path to the place where they thought the …

An elder, Tsowa Huliequa (Joe Big Drum) Told this that is written to Wili Woyi. It must be remembered.

He told us that his late wife, Tsinvna, was an elder and she had lived together with her husband, Ground Squirrel, for many years. He was a very kind husband and a hard worker.

I had introduced it to the choir simply considering it a fairly well-known shape note tune that had been featured in the popular film Cold Mountain. That it arose from the voices of Cherokee singers a few …

These were real Cherokees, elder men who told this story. ᎾᏊᏃᎢ naquuhno'i ‘ and then ’ ᏧᎾᏔᎾᏯᎢ tsunatanaya'i ‘ elders ’ ᏧᎾᏔᎾ tsunatana ‘ great ’ ᎠᏂᏓᏪᎯ anidawehi ‘ elders ’ ᎾᎾᏊ nahnaquu ‘ there …