Traditionally, the Cherokees dance to ensure individual health and social welfare. According to legend, the dance songs bequeathed to them by the Stone Coat mon

Unto These Hills: A Drama of the Cherokee

This first collection of plays by an Indian playwright presents a spectrum of Indian life that ranges in time from the past to the present and on into the futur

In English, I’n-Lon-Schka means "playground of the eldest son." The dance, in which women are allowed only a peripheral role, celebrates traditional masculine