The Traditionary Period; The Period of Spanish Exploration—1540–?; The Colonial and Revolutionary Period—1654–1784; Relations with the United States from the first treaty to the removal—1785–1838; The Removal—1838–39; The Arkansas Band—1817–1838; The Cherokee Nation in the West—1840–1900; The Eastern Band; III—Notes to the Historical Sketch
James Mooney's main interest of study was the Cherokee people. Many say that Mooney wrote the most accurate accounts of the Cherokee culture and history. He spent years living with the Cherokee people in North Carolina, and was able to gain their acceptance and trust, which allowed him to write more firsthand accounts. This made his work more reliable and very accurate.Mooney was a member of the first generation of professional anthropologists; he left behind a wealth of ethnographical and historical data.
-[Historical Sketch of the Cherokee is] regarded as sound,
scholarly work... [on a] leading Indian tribe and... esteemed as
[a] basic source... on Cherokee history.- --Arrell Morgan Gibson,
The Journal of Southern History -The illustrious James Mooney
prepared his -Historical Sketch of the Cherokee- as an extended
introduction to his -Myths of the Cherokee,- which together formed
part 1 of the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology (1900). It is probable that Mooney saw the two pieces as
interrelated, since not only are historical narratives included in
the -Myths,- but also a wealth of historical and ethnological data
are buried in extensive footnotes; the full volume also contains a
Cherokee-English and English-Cherokee word list invaluable to the
ethnohistorian researching historical personages, tribal synonymy,
town and place names... Mooney's -Historical Sketch- can stand by
itself and even after 75 years still provides the best capsule
history of the Cherokees now available... Mooney possessed an
extraordinary command of the documentary sources available in his
day, a capacity to utilize the ethno-ethnohistory provided by his
informants, a sound grasp of Cherokee ethnography and language
based on intensive and empathetic fieldwork, plus an infectious
enthusiasm that pervades his vigorous prose.- --Raymond D.
Fogelson, Ethnohistory Review of two books: -Charles Royce's and
James Mooney's books are reprinted from the original Bureau of
American Ethnology works, which respectively appeared in the Fifth
and Nineteenth Annual Reports... Both works are classics in the
field. Royce provides a detailed chronology of the treaties between
the government and the Cherokees between 1785 and 1868. Mooney, who
lived with the Cherokees between 1887 and 1900, boldly sketches the
principal lines of their complex history from pre-European times to
1900. Since Royce and Mooney produced those reports, much has been
written on the Cherokees, their neighbors, their achievements, and
their conquest and survival. All the later writers have built on
the clarity and perception of those two great historians.- --Karl
H. Schlesier, American Anthropologist
"[Historical Sketch of the Cherokee is] regarded as sound,
scholarly work... [on a] leading Indian tribe and... esteemed as
[a] basic source... on Cherokee history." --Arrell Morgan Gibson,
The Journal of Southern History "The illustrious James Mooney
prepared his "Historical Sketch of the Cherokee" as an extended
introduction to his "Myths of the Cherokee," which together formed
part 1 of the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology (1900). It is probable that Mooney saw the two pieces as
interrelated, since not only are historical narratives included in
the "Myths," but also a wealth of historical and ethnological data
are buried in extensive footnotes; the full volume also contains a
Cherokee-English and English-Cherokee word list invaluable to the
ethnohistorian researching historical personages, tribal synonymy,
town and place names... Mooney's "Historical Sketch" can stand by
itself and even after 75 years still provides the best capsule
history of the Cherokees now available... Mooney possessed an
extraordinary command of the documentary sources available in his
day, a capacity to utilize the ethno-ethnohistory provided by his
informants, a sound grasp of Cherokee ethnography and language
based on intensive and empathetic fieldwork, plus an infectious
enthusiasm that pervades his vigorous prose." --Raymond D.
Fogelson, Ethnohistory Review of two books: "Charles Royce's and
James Mooney's books are reprinted from the original Bureau of
American Ethnology works, which respectively appeared in the Fifth
and Nineteenth Annual Reports... Both works are classics in the
field. Royce provides a detailed chronology of the treaties between
the government and the Cherokees between 1785 and 1868. Mooney, who
lived with the Cherokees between 1887 and 1900, boldly sketches the
principal lines of their complex history from pre-European times to
1900. Since Royce and Mooney produced those reports, much has been
written on the Cherokees, their neighbors, their achievements, and
their conquest and survival. All the later writers have built on
the clarity and perception of those two great historians." --Karl
H. Schlesier, American Anthropologist
"[Historical Sketch of the Cherokee is] regarded as sound,
scholarly work... [on a] leading Indian tribe and... esteemed as
[a] basic source... on Cherokee history." --Arrell Morgan Gibson,
The Journal of Southern History "The illustrious James Mooney
prepared his "Historical Sketch of the Cherokee" as an extended
introduction to his "Myths of the Cherokee," which together formed
part 1 of the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology (1900). It is probable that Mooney saw the two pieces as
interrelated, since not only are historical narratives included in
the "Myths," but also a wealth of historical and ethnological data
are buried in extensive footnotes; the full volume also contains a
Cherokee-English and English-Cherokee word list invaluable to the
ethnohistorian researching historical personages, tribal synonymy,
town and place names... Mooney's "Historical Sketch" can stand by
itself and even after 75 years still provides the best capsule
history of the Cherokees now available... Mooney possessed an
extraordinary command of the documentary sources available in his
day, a capacity to utilize the ethno-ethnohistory provided by his
informants, a sound grasp of Cherokee ethnography and language
based on intensive and empathetic fieldwork, plus an infectious
enthusiasm that pervades his vigorous prose." --Raymond D.
Fogelson, Ethnohistory Review of two books: "Charles Royce's and
James Mooney's books are reprinted from the original Bureau of
American Ethnology works, which respectively appeared in the Fifth
and Nineteenth Annual Reports... Both works are classics in the
field. Royce provides a detailed chronology of the treaties between
the government and the Cherokees between 1785 and 1868. Mooney, who
lived with the Cherokees between 1887 and 1900, boldly sketches the
principal lines of their complex history from pre-European times to
1900. Since Royce and Mooney produced those reports, much has been
written on the Cherokees, their neighbors, their achievements, and
their conquest and survival. All the later writers have built on
the clarity and perception of those two great historians." --Karl
H. Schlesier, American Anthropologist
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