INTRODUCTION

When examining the history of a particular culture, understanding the perspective of the historian is imperative to the interpretation. The history of Native American cultures in particular has been largely a collection of observations by white European men. Europeans used their own culture as reference by which to evaluate another. The historical sources that we find today are thus created by non-natives about natives. This historical bias has lead to male dominated archives with little or no attention paid to women (Perdue (1), 5). The matriarchal structure of many native cultures has been repeatedly challenged by ‘contact' and assimilation. Despite European intervention, Cherokee women have persisted and maintained their fundamental roles in society.

GENDER BACKGROUND

In the early eighteenth century prior to any significant European contact, the Cherokee existence was one of marked by balance guided by oral tradition. Their belief in balance in all aspects......

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