In a message dated 3/17/2001 11:47:12 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > This is not true for the Cherokee. According to the Cherokee legends, the > Cherokee are descended from the "Star People" from another planet. They > originally lived in South America and Southern Central America until the > time of the Great Floods. In the Great Flood, "The Man With No Name" led > them in their canoes to what is now the Qualla Cherokee reservation in The > Great Smokey Mountains of Western North Carolina. The Cherokee say this > legend can be proven true. Some of the proofs offered are: > The Cherokee language is unlike any other Native American language > The Cherokee culture is unlike any other Native American tribe. > The Cherokee lived in log cabins unlike the other Native American tribes. > The Cherokee dress is unlike any other Native American tribe > The Cherokee legends and religion is unlike any other Native American tribe > The Cherokee's physical features are unlike any other Native American tribe > > At one time, the Cherokee nation covered most of Western North Carolina, > Kevin, Do you have a good book suggestion for more information on what you state above? My mother was 1/2 Cherokee from Blue Ridge Mountains area. She did not bring much native American history with her and died when I was very young. I would like to know more. Thanks, Mary C.