Cherokee

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,389

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 3, 2023

This is the grave of Major Ridge. Born in 1771, somewhere around Hiwassee, Tennessee, Ridge grew up in the Cherokee elite in a period of great change. His father was full-blooded Cherokee, his mother part Scottish, which had become very common by this time. He...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,272

By Erik Loomis

On January 8, 2023

This is the grave of John Ross. Born in 1790 in the Cherokee town of Turkeytown, in what is today Alabama, Ross grew up in a mixed race household. His.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,149

By Erik Loomis

On July 16, 2022

This is the grave of John Ridge. Born sometime around 1802 in what is today Rome, Georgia, Yellow Bird (or Skah-tle-loh-skee in Cherokee) grew up in the Cherokee elite. Ever.

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,147

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 14, 2022

This is the grave of Samuel Worcester. Born in 1798 in Peacham, Vermont, Worcester grew up in a super-religious family. In fact, he would become the 7th straight generation of men in his family to be a minister, taking the family all the way back...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,144

By Erik Loomis

On July 11, 2022

This is the grave of Elias Boudinot. Born in 1802 in the Cherokee Nation in what is today north Georgia, the boy who was then known as Gallegina (or Kilakeena,.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,078

By Erik Loomis

On April 24, 2022

This is the grave of Stand Watie. Born in 1806 in the Cherokee Nation village of Oothcaloga, which is today Calhoun, Georgia, Watie grew up in a time of massive.

Doing COVID Management Right

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 1, 2020

If only we were governed by the Cherokee Nation rather than Donald Trump and Kristi Noem and Mitch McConnell. With a mask mandate in place since spring, free drive-through testing, hospitals well-stocked with PPE, and a small army of public health officers fully supported by...

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How Anti-Blackness Infects Other Minority Groups

By Erik Loomis

On July 23, 2020

Good Rebecca Nagle piece at the always valuable High Country News on racism within the Cherokee Nation. On a warm Saturday morning this June, a crane pulled up to the.

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Executed Today

By Erik Loomis

On November 25, 2013

If you think your life isn't depressing enough, reading the excellent history site Executed Today is a good way to do accomplish this task. What is Executed Today? It's a.