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KINGFISHER
12" x 16" double matted and framed in gunmetal
papercast edition of 100 with 10 artist proofs
Kingfisher was a full blood Cherokee of the Deer Clan. He was born in the early
1700's, and was killed in battle between the Cherokees and the Muskogee Indians in
Tennessee. He was married to Nani'Hi, the Ghi-ga-u or Beloved Woman of the Cherokees. Her
name was Na ni and she was later known as Nancy Ward. She was a member of the Wolf Clan,
which was the War Clan. (See information on seven clan system.) The story goes that she
was in the battle with Kingfisher, chewing on his bullets. The bullets were chewed to give
them more power to kill. When he was shot and killed, she picked up his rifle and
continued to fight. After Kingfishers death and with two young children, she married a
white man named Bryan Ward. Thus her name Nancy Ward. As the Beloved Woman she was able to
make the decision on whose lives would be spared during time of war. She is credited both
with saving a white woman from being burned at the stake, and with saving a white village
during the Revolutionary War, that was to be attached by Tories and warriors, and thus
saving the lives of the village. One can enter the DAR under her name, due to her heroism.
She and Kingfisher had two children
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Kingfisher
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War Woman
Author: Robert J. Conley
The early history of the encounter between the Real People, or Cherokee, and
Western Europeans is vividly imagined in this latest saga by a prolific
Cherokee writer. Using a few isolated but historically supported
discoveriesAthe use of guns by Cherokees during the early European-American
invasion, the ruins of an old Spanish gold mine in Cherokee country, the
building of a Cherokee town on the site of an abandoned village near
Jamestown, VAAthe author creates a fast-moving novel of how these things
might have happened. It is told from the view point of War Woman, a name
Whirlwind achieves through her extraordinary skills and abilities during
each of the various events. This history parallels Whirlwind/War Woman's
development from girlhood to maturity and eventually death. Cherokee
beliefs, traditions, and way of life are interwoven throughout the story as
the Real People come face to face with the beliefs, traditions, and customs
of the invading peoples. This is an excellent novel that features strong
female protagonists; there are also love interests and fierce battle scenes.
It presents a Native American viewpoint of early American history and offers
alternative explanations for some of the archaeological discoveries still
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