Culture, History, and Development on the Qualla Boundary: The Eastern Cherokees and the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1935-40.

Mitchell, Anne V.

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ERIC Number: EJ541677

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Culture, History, and Development on the Qualla Boundary: The Eastern Cherokees and the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1935-40.

Mitchell, Anne V.

Appalachian Journal, v24 n2 p144-91 Win 1997

Examines Eastern Cherokee opposition to the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway through the Qualla Boundary reservation in the late 1930s. Highlights the role of two teachers in the internal tribal debates over tradition, modernization, and the marketing of Cherokee culture to tourists. Contains many references in notes. (SV)

Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, Cherokee (Tribe), Federal Indian Relationship, Resistance to Change, Road Construction, Rural Development, Tourism, Tribal Government

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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