Cherokee stories of the Turtle Island liars' club : Dakasi elohi anigagoga junilawisdii (turtle, earth, the liars, meeting place)

Teuton, Christopher B. (Author). Shade, Hastings, 1941-2010 (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of interwoven stories, conversations, and teachings about Western Cherokee life, beliefs, and the art of storytelling, the book orchestrates a multilayered conversation between a group of honored Cherokee elders, storytellers, and knowledge-keepers and the communities their stories touch. Teuton explores the art of Cherokee storytelling, or as it is known in the Cherokee language, gagoga (gah-goh-ga), literally translated as "he or she is lying."

Record details

ISBN: 9780807835845 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0807835846 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
252 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Note on pronunciation of Cherokee -- Introduction: Opening the door -- Alenihu (Beginnings) -- Adanusgui (Movements) -- Dideyohusdi (Teachings) -- Ulusgedi (The wondrous) -- Afterword: Standing in the middle.