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Donaldson, John K. "The Themes of Reciprocity and Renewal in Traditional Cherokee Culture," American Studies Program, George Washington University, January 1995.
By analyzing a key myth and tracing two prominent cultural themes—reciprocity (harmony, balance) and renewal (periodicity)—this dissertation adumbrates a picture of traditional Cherokee ideology. The two themes are pursued through the various domains they crosscut—social and political organization, language, mythology and religion, sports, dance, and material culture. This ethnohistorical approach utilizes current theories in historiography, anthropology, linguistics, and literary criticism. Its ultimate purpose is to provide a basis for viewing cultural maintenance and change among the Cherokees as the result of deliberate choices about what to accept or reject from Euro-American culture and what to retain of their own.
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