Our fire survives the storm: a Cherokee literary history

Map of the pre-removal territories of the Cherokee Nation.

A note on terminology.

Pt. I. Deep roots. Beyond the civilized savage.

Pt. II. Geographies of removal. The trail where we cried ; Unruly Cherokees in the Indian Territory.

Pt. III. Regeneration. Readings in contemporary Cherokee literature.

Afterword: The stories that matter.