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what is the cherokee word for spotted owl, i have looked and have not found it yet, can you help me please….spotted owl is my cherokee name

sincerely
ashtin-spotted owl

Comment by ashtin-spotted owl | 12 June 2009 | Reply

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The purpose of this blog is to provide authentic information about the origins and meanings of Cherokee-derived place names in the Southeastern United States.

The work is ongoing, and there will be additions made periodically. There may be internal changes in the interest of better organization, improved details, and greater readability, as required. Please note that it is my intention to give only approximate locations of old Cherokee settlements; the primary focus here is on origins of place names.

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Some of the place names are merely Cherokee attempts at the names given by earlier Indians. Those names rarely had any meaning in Cherokee; some can be traced to Muskogean speakers. Many others may have come from now forgotten and extinct or absorbed tribes never known to white people.

Thank you for your interest in place names.

Here is a link to Amazing Grace, sung in Cherokee. The song has a special meaning for Cherokee people; it was sung on the Trail of Tears, among other reasons. The Cherokee words are not merely a translation of the English words. The pronunciation is slightly off, but the rendition is a good one. A more authentic Cherokee pronunciation, without music, in a pleasing voice can be found here. Another version of Amazing Grace in Cherokee, also without music, can be found at this link. Go to this site for an excellent interlinear translation and a spoken Cherokee version of The Lord’s Prayer in several file formats.

I recommend this video for those who are interested in hearing Eastern Cherokee as it is actually spoken now in the mountains of North Carolina.

If you want to learn more about indigenous peoples from all parts of the world, including the Americas, I encourage you to visit nativeweb.org. I am proud that this blog is among the thousands of authentic resources listed there.

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