BECOMING WILL ROGERS: SOVEREIGNTY, SOCIETY, AND LAND IN THE CHEROKEE NATION, 1879–1902

The colonial complexity of the Cherokee Nation’s relationship with the United States would profoundly shape Will Rogers’s career. Without understanding what was specifically Cherokee about his childhood, however, it is easy to overlook how deeply Rogers was embedded in tribal cultural traditions and...

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1. Verfasser:	Ware, Amy M
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Zusammenfassung:	The colonial complexity of the Cherokee Nation’s relationship with the United States would profoundly shape Will Rogers’s career. Without understanding what was specifically Cherokee about his childhood, however, it is easy to overlook how deeply Rogers was embedded in tribal cultural traditions and history. By providing a tribally specific examination of Rogers’s early years, this chapter shows the ways that being a member of the Cherokee Nation affected his outlook on his dual role as a Cherokee-American. As it turns out, Rogers experienced a relatively typical Cherokee childhood—though most would not consider it a typical “American Indian” childhood. I