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Old World Roots of the Cherokee: How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation - Softcover

Yates, Donald N.

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9780786469567: Old World Roots of the Cherokee: How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786469560 ISBN 13: 9780786469567
Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2012

Synopsis

Most histories of the Cherokee nation focus on its encounters with Europeans, its conflicts with the U. S. government, and its expulsion from its lands during the Trail of Tears. This work, however, traces the origins of the Cherokee people to the third century B.C.E. and follows their migrations through the Americas to their homeland in the lower Appalachian Mountains. Using a combination of DNA analysis, historical research, and classical philology, it uncovers the Jewish and Eastern Mediterranean ancestry of the Cherokee and reveals that they originally spoke Greek before adopting the Iroquoian language of their Haudenosaunee allies while the two nations dwelt together in the Ohio Valley.

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About the Author

Donald N. Yates (also published as Donald Panther-Yates) is a genealogist from Georgia, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He is a one-quarter blood Cherokee descendant.

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Publisher
McFarland & Company
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786469560
ISBN 13 
9780786469567
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
217
Rating
  • 3.69 out of 5 stars
    29 ratings by Goodreads