Oklahoma Black Cherokees Pocket Flute 82/18 Wool/Cotton blend

82/18 Wool/Cotton blend

Normally tuned to C#

They are a grey color that represents the sorrow the Cherokee felt on the Trail

Four Directions spiral design is based on pottery designs that have been found on artifacts in the Mounds Builder settlements of the Southeastern United States

Cherokee citizens became a conglomerate people

Oklahoma Black Cherokees Pocket Flute 82/18 Wool/Cotton blendOver the generations, Cherokee citizens became a conglomerate people. Early in the nineteenth centruy, tribal leaders adapted their government to mirror the new American model. While accommodating institutional slavery of black people, they abandoned the Cherokee matrilineal clan structure that once determined their citizenship. The 1851 census revealed a total population nearing 18,000, which included 1,844slaves and 64 free blacks. What it means to