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It's Only Right - Cherokees Writing Cherokee History
Cherokees are writing history, as much as they are "righting,' history in the publication that grows as time passes.
The Cherokee Quarterly is researched, written and published by a small group in Tulsa called the Territorial Book Foundation. Printed on heavy card stock and bound in looseleaf, it tells the story of the Creation of Cherokee World to the modern day tribe.
Using Cherokee writers, photographers and storytellers, Cherokee Quarterly editors gather and distribute - through subscriptions - stories of the great and not so great tribes people, historic places and pieces of history usually overlooked by classic history books.
Mary O'Brien, who helps weave the rich history into the pages, looks for the unique and distinctive detail when on a fact finding mission.
"I like the stories that make people seem like real people, that breathe life into people we read about," said O'Brien. "I...