Kituwa (also spelled Kituwah, Keetoowah, Kittowa, Kitara and other similar variations) or giduhwa (Cherokee: ᎩᏚᏩ) is a Woodland period Native American...
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vicinity of what is now Bryson City for nearly 14,000 years. The village of Kituwa, which the Cherokee believed to be their oldest village and "mother town"...
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Cherokee site, for transfer to the EBCI. These two sites, together with Kituwa, which the EBCI owns again, will be linked for education and interpretation...
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about 1500 and 1800 BCE. The Cherokee say that the ancient settlement of Kituwa on the Tuckasegee River is their original settlement in the Southeast. It...
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1,500 and 1,800 B.C. The Cherokee identify their ancient settlement of Kituwa on the Tuckasegee River, formerly next to and now part of Qualla Boundary...
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towns were located along the Tuckaseegee River in this area, including Kituwa above the confluence with the Little Tennessee River. It is considered the...
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'Turtle Place.' Several Cherokee towns developed along the river, including Kituwa, believed to be the "mother town" of the Cherokee. It developed around an...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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homecoming festival over the first weekend of October. The word Keetoowah (Kituwa) is the name of an ancient Cherokee mother town and earthwork mound in the...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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General Grant and were never reoccupied. The most notable of these was Kituwa, the inhabitants of which migrated west, taking up residence at Great Island...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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Grant destroyed a number of Cherokee towns, which were never reoccupied. Kituwa was abandoned, and its former residents migrated west; they took up residence...
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towns on the eastern side of the Appalachians in Western North Carolina. Kituwa was chief among the Middle Towns. Not only was Cherokee society highly decentralized...
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escaped or found sanctuary in one of the towns so designated, such as Chota, Kituwa, or Tugaloo, the fugitive's clan was expected to deliver up another of its...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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Balinese Pawukon calendar Ugu, a Cherokee high-priest's title of the ancient Kituwa settlement, North Carolina, United States Ugu the Shoemaker, a fictional...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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expedition; Euforsee NC MVO abandoned Joree Jore ᏲᎵ NC MVO abandoned Kittagusta Kituwa Keetoowah Giduwa ᎩᏚᏩ Just outside Bryson City, Swain County NC MVO razed...
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needed] The word "Keetoowah" is the name of the ancient Cherokee township of Kituwa in the Eastern Homeland of the Cherokee, where all Cherokee originated after...
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who considered it one of the "Mother Towns of their homeland." (Note: Kituwa, found on the Tuckaseegee River, is considered the first "Mother Town".)...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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and into the Middle Towns in 1760, destroying the Cherokee mother town of Kituwa. When American naturalist William Bartram visited the Keeowee New Towne...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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developed along the Tuckasegee River, including their ancient "mother town" of Kituwa, believed to have been their original settlement (it is located downriver...
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Pardo encountered Native Americans in towns such as Nikwasi, Tocoa, and Kituwa. c. 1654 English settlers from Jamestown, supported by a force of Pamunkey...
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Ahkyeli'skï U'tlun'ta Tsul 'Kalu History History timeline military Treaties Kituwa Ani-kutani skiagusta (rank) outacite (rank) Raven of Chota Wars Tribal Wars...
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acquire other important Cherokee sites in their historic homeland, such as Kituwa, their mother town, which they acquired in 1996. With a non-profit partner...
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