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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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eum At Cherokee Is Preserving Indian History
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Jan Feast spon
j of the Chero
into an an-
second annual
Cherokee De
e as its guests
p primarily to
9s, chamber of
es, members of
dogists, archae
$e interested in
4 the Cultural
jkee tribe. The
hropological So
Jogical Society
stint- in Chero-
niany members
theast attending,
le Indian ieasi
Department of
Archaeology,
la. Athens. Ga..
f oup attending
talk on "Prob
Origins." Dr.
jdnted with the
Wed here in 1929
ration with Dr.
jersity of Penn.,
Ogical measure
ng data. He is
ivith discoveries
j excavations in
txpected that he
iron Duff Plays Up Dairying - Second Place Winner
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Tins modern aairv nam. wile cattle in the barn yard, ws lcaiured hv the Iron Dull community in
the parade. The float was fcivi n second place. Miss Elizabeth Ann Crawford was the beauty contest
ant from that cominui.i'.y. PIu.'.o by Joe V. Davis.
will cover this seclion of the Chero
kee archaeology.
The illustrated menu is unusual
since it shows arounrl the holder a
great many of the wild fruits, nuts,
vegetables and fruits which will b.;
served. It is printed on butcher
paper in dark lake. The names el , which was always planted and tend
the various foods arc given in both i od by the priestess mother, and if,
Knglish and Cherokee. i (luring the growing season, a white
shadow was cast upon me
M tin, tun of tin. menu is i liis-' mail S
coin, ii was ruiueu ami ineiemie
dest roved. It is not definitely
traled a large ear of the Cherokee
Klour Corn which their Iroquoian
ancestors used as a sacred corn
tained this corn. They say they
have always had it and it is pre
sumed they brought it with them j
w hen this remnant was split up and j
driven Into Western North Caro
lina and adjacent territory Ion" be
fore Christopher Columbus discov
ered America.
Expert Indian cooks from every
section of the Cherokee Reserva
tion have assembled on this week
end in the village to pay tribute U
their ancestors methods of prepar
ing the wild foods which Ibey pos
sessed in abundance before the
white man came to these shores.
: Some of these Indian women will
j make Chestnut Bread or Bean
! Bread from prized receipts which
j have won prizes at the annual fair,
I while others will tempt the appo
site of the guests with hominy
bread, wild potato bread or huckle-
i berry bread. While such prinu
; live drinks as hickory nut milk,
i suniacade, spieewood and sassa
i fras lea will be served, but Hue
i to tradition, there will be no milk
I or butter, as the Cherokee Indians
j had no domestic animals, and has
! not yet learned to like them
1 The invocation will be given by
j an Indian preacher in the Clurn
I kee language, while an Indian
j quartet will be there to sihK m
the native language as well as
Knglish. Perhaps the most unique
I pari of the program, will be a
'; dance by Hie Cherokee Indians
They will do the bogerman dance
and will wear the rare efl'igv masks
carved from wood and which wen'
recently sent to the Museum for
preservation by Dr. Frank Speck.
Hominy Hangs Out The Welcome Sign
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COMMUIIHV
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The heavy snow falling during the parade resembled hominy, and covered the hair and wraps ot 'tie
three pertly young ladies on the Hominy Community float. Miss Maxine Clark represented the com
munity In the beauty contest. Photo hv Joe W. Davis More pictures on page 8.
denbl. this will be the first time
in the memory of most living
( herokees that they have actually
worn these grotesque masks when
doing the bogerman dance. Nil
two are alike, since they are carv
ed from wood in the image of ani
mals, men and devils pantomining
the white man. Some have snakes
coiled on top of their bead ready
to strike and these are supposed
to have been worn y the medicine
man.
Some of the masks are nothing
more than the large nests of the
white hornet in which they have
fashioned eyes and nose covering
(See Chcrokees Page 3)
known where the Chcrokecs on-1 University of Pennsylvania. No
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