The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges
that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told
by an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
The word
otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the
Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the
new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of
celebrations and experiences. Written by a citizen of the Cherokee
Nation, this look at one group of Native Americans is appended with a
glossary and the complete Cherokee syllabary, originally created by
Sequoyah.