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Post by Unregistered Cherokee on May 17, 2012 17:35:12 GMT -6
One web site says, "The syllables dla, tla, tle, tli, tlo, tlu, tlv are pronounced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth and bringing it down as the syllables are spoken."
How is this different from the "la" category? You do really pronounce the d and the t just before doing the "la" sound?
I almost have the sounds of the syllabary memorized. The next thing is learning the letters, but I think learning the vocabulary would be first.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2012 6:03:59 GMT -6
I would like to suggest to you to go to www.cherokee.org/Default.aspx this is the official Cherokee Nation website! I don't know if this is the site you are referring to, but this is the best site to go to. Click "About the Nation", click "Culture", then "Language"
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Post by Unregistered Cherokee on May 18, 2012 7:20:38 GMT -6
The problem with the web site is that it doesn't tell you anything, like a The North Face product tag. You have to sign up for the classes. I'm near 400 miles away. Maybe some day, when this rat race is over, as in the 520-year nightmare is finally over.
In the meantime, I need more immediate help.
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Post by Lone4eagle on May 18, 2012 17:00:22 GMT -6
The problem with the web site is that it doesn't tell you anything, like a The North Face product tag. You have to sign up for the classes. I'm near 400 miles away. Maybe some day, when this rat race is over, as in the 520-year nightmare is finally over. In the meantime, I need more immediate help. The problem is there can be a risk that non-natives can steal the info or use it for profit. I have seen websites with shopping cart buttons, go to checkout to pay for a ceremony, telephone call to explain the meaning of animals, etc. These are considered "fraudulent sites" which should be avoided. The Cherokees have been very careful not to allow this to happen with their traditions. I've put plenty on our site already, no doubt some probably have used it for their own personal gain. I feel members should at least be given a limited amount of info.
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Post by Unregistered Cherokee on May 18, 2012 17:55:42 GMT -6
What about these web sites; www.omniglot.com/writing/cherokee.htmwww.native-languages.org/cherokee_guide.htmAnd so on? Plus, these classes will not work for me unless I have one-on-one instruction or a sign language interpreter. Like I said, it's not like, "Click, click, click, bam! There's your answer. It's pronounced like this..." You just put in a word, and usually it doesn't come back with anything unless you're looking at the basic words. What to do for the people who don't live in Tahlequa, OK?
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Post by Unregistered Cherokee on May 18, 2012 18:05:22 GMT -6
The problem is there can be a risk that non-natives can steal the info or use it for profit. I have seen websites with shopping cart buttons, go to checkout to pay for a ceremony, telephone call to explain the meaning of animals, etc. These are considered "fraudulent sites" which should be avoided. Wow, I had no idea this was going on! I wonder what is the religion profile of these people doing things like this. Standasalone, I will need to find out from them if they offer captioned prerecorded material (they have prerecorded material, but I don't know if it's captioned). I will also have to ask them how they can help me out.
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Post by Lone4eagle on May 18, 2012 18:43:57 GMT -6
I've been wanting to post some info on this subject, never got around to it yet. The biggest concern the tribes have is what they call "Plastic Shamans" or just presenting yourself as one. Practices may include selling healing (ceremonies), changing the true meanings or teachings of the Medicine Wheel, commercialization of the Native American religion.
One thing these site all seem to do, is follow a particular design of the stone wheel circle which is almost identical to the personal stone circle of the Great Plains tribes. The difference is subtle, but what makes it wrong is how the "frauds" use or teach that design of Medicine Wheel. I won't say anymore, because a book out there claiming to be Native American religion is promoting this version of a stone circle. Really isn't a wrong or right way to make a stone circle, only the symbolism.
The natives use a term "plastic Shaman" for lack of any better words to describe them. You could call some Neo-Pagan Shamans, but NA prefer to say New Age Shamans. There is nothing wrong with New Agers following a Native American path/traditions. What concerns the NA tribes is how certain ones change the teachings or endanger sacred traditions. Then practices of using NA religion for gain also.
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