Cherokee : People of the Written Word

This series is based on the success of the Denali Press award-winning "Encyclopedia of the Native Tribes of North America" by Michael Johnson, the series managing editor.

A work of significant scholarship, a superb reference on the Native American peoples, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande, the encyclopedia collated the essential basic information on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples, both living and extinct.Drawing on this huge mass of primary research, the "Native American Tribes" series provides a cohesive set of guides to the native populations of a vast continent, painting a picture of the richly diverse lifestyles and cultures.

The books are highly illustrated with regional maps and a dazzling portfolio of plates, which give a dramatic visual introduction to the huge range of Native American material culture.Cherokee: people of the written word looks at one of the five civilized tribes whose government and written language did not stop their forced migration to Oklahoma and Arkansas-the "Trail of Tears" during which a quarter of the people died.