Welcome to Cherokee Kitchen, a collaboration with Cherokee Choices and EBCI Public Health & Human Services Division. In this episode, Onita Bush shows us how to prepare and cook crawfish and how to make Spicewood tea. View Onita’s full profile >
Welcome to Cherokee Kitchen, a collaboration with Cherokee Choices and EBCI Public Health & Human Services Division. In this episode, Onita Bush teaches us how to make traditional teas from plants native to Cherokee, North Carolina. View Onita’s full profile >
Maxine’s goal was to ensure the Yuchi language was passed to the next generations. She effectuated her legacy using the Spirit Aligned Leadership Program to sustain and support her efforts. For some time, she was the last fluent Yuchi speaker – before she passed, she accomplished her goal in transferring…
Maxine speaks in her Yuchi language, requesting future generations to “fulfill the old traditions, the old ways… I don’t forget about the old ways, I always think about those things.” She highlights the importance of the stories her family passed down to her and how we must listen for the…
Three life threatening events brought Kathy Sanchez to a time of deep soul searching and reflection. She found herself asking why she was spared and set about examining her life and her cultural values. This journey led her to finding a way to live fully and harmoniously as a Native…
Through family history and collective memory, Jennie Seminole Parker tells the story of the Cheyenne’s struggle to return to their homelands from Oklahoma. Images provided by provided by Yellow Bird Life Ways Center. View Jennie Seminole Parker >
GwaaGanad recalls a rich life of tradition in her beautiful homeland. She shares the many names she has been gifted and the many elders whose lives touched hers. As a very young girl, GwaaGanad’s mother took her to the forest, showed her four medicines, and taught her what they were…
Listen in as Henrietta Man, Ho’e-oesta-oo-nah’e, shares a bit about herself and her life as a woman in academia and as a leader within her community. While taking on the role of a Prayer Cloth Woman is a bit more private for Henrietta, she is still very proud to express…
“If these two women had not survived, and had the brave hearts that they do, I might not have been here.” Dr. Henrietta Mann relates Cheyenne history through her family, including her two great grandmothers who survived the massacres at Sand Creek and along the Washita River. Through this intimate…
Fathers is a powerful spoken piece of stirring images of Lenora Naranjo Morse’s own father. The words shared serve to teach the value and reverence held to Fathers and their teachings. View Lenora’s full profile >
