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Thanks Deb. Good story!
Rhonda
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.....from
a sister on another list.....
deb
Subject: The Legend of the
Corn Beads
By Edna Chekelelee
Cherokee women wear the
legendary necklace made of corn beads.
It is a gift from the Great
Spirit in the shape of a tear drop.
This is the Cherokee legend of
the corn beads.
In the 1800's during the Trail of Tears, the corn
stalks were eight feet
tall, and corn was twelve to eighteen inches
long.
The corn stood back and watched as the Indian people were
getting pushed
and shoved by the white soldiers. And the corn cried and
cried.And the
teardrop landed on the corn fodder, and the corn dropped
down to three
feet tall.
That's why it's called teardrop, our
mother of corn.
These Cherokee women used these teardrops, our
mother of corn, to make
beautiful cornbeads, but to me this is sad.
But it is a way to remember the Trail of Tears.
This is
from the book Living Stories of the Cherokee by Barbara
R.
Duncan
Donadaghovi AiSv Nv wa do hi ya do
(Til next we
meet, Walk in Peace)
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