1. “Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina.” Map. Library of Congress. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3901g.ct009561/?r=-0.15,-0.11,1.314,1.012,0

2. “Cherokee Indians” Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.” Image. North Carolina Postcards. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nc_post/id/1685

3.W. M. Cline. “Cherokee Indian Eagle Dance.” Digital Image. North Carolina Postcards. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nc_post/id/9495

4. “Cherokees Ready for the Green Corn Dance, Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.” Image. North Carolina Postcards. Accessed May 28, 2022. https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nc_post/id/4237/rec/1

5. Alyssa Ruby, The Nunnehi Village, Savannah, 2022.

6. David Seibert. “Blood Mountain Marker, Elevation 4458 Ft.-Chattahoochee historical Marker.” Photograph. Digital Library of Georgia. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_blood-mountain-elevation-4458ft-chattahoochee

7. Blue Ridge Mountain Range, Hiawassee. Photograph by Alyssa Ruby, 2020.

In 2020 I visited the Blue Ridge Mountain area and was able to hike up the steep mountain of Brasstown Bald. The mountain is known to the native Cherokee people as Enotah and is within range of Blood Mountain. This is a special memory for me as I hiked the mountain with my mother and overall. it was wonderful to learn more about the mountain’s heritage and how integral the Cherokee people have been to the integrity of the mountain range’s deep history and landscape. My original artwork, (Figure 5), The Nunnehi Village, depicts my understanding of the sacred helpfulness of the Nunnehi and their deep connection to the mountain region.

Boulware, Tyler. “Cherokee Indians - New Georgia Encyclopedia.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. Accessed May 4, 2022. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cherokee-indians/. 

Broom, Leonard and Frank G. Speck. Cherokee Dance and Drama. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1951

“Cherokee Nations vs Georgia.” People of One Fire. Accessed May 2, 2022. https://georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.org/gteci-history

Dean, Nadia. “A Demand of Blood: The Cherokee War of 1776.” American Indian. Accessed May 2, 2022. https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/demand-blood-cherokee-war-1776

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Knight, Lucian Lamar. “A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians.” The Lewis Publishing Company. Accessed May 3, 2022. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/georgiabooks/pdfs/gb0175b.pdf