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Southern Cherokee Language: Complete Grammar
A Modern Reference for Learners and Speakers
A concise guide to Southern Cherokee, the language standard of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi—the Cherokee People of the Sunland. Explore its verb-centered grammar and sentence structure, with a practical reference for learners, families, teachers, and writers.
Southern Cherokee Language: Dictionary
A Modern Reference for Learners and Speakers
An English–Southern Cherokee and Southern Cherokee–English dictionary for learners, families, teachers, and writers. Created for the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi—the Cherokee People of the Sunland—it welcomes descendants reconnecting with their heritage and respectful allies. Includes a language guide and historical timeline to support learning and everyday use.
The Cherokee Nationalist
Peoplehood, Homeland, Return, and the Right to a Future
What makes a people a people? River Gil, PhD, and Wolf Gil, Esq., explore Cherokee identity, homeland, and cultural survival from the perspective of Tsalagiyi Nvdagi—the Cherokee People of the Sunland. Book 1 makes the case for descendants reconnecting with their heritage, rebuilding communities, revitalizing language, and shaping a living Cherokee future.
The Adohvna
Where, exactly, do we choose to remain colonized?
River Gil, PhD, and Wolf Gil, Esq., explore Cherokee traditions of partnership, marriage, and family—including heterosexual and same-sex unions—and examine how colonization reshaped intimate life. Writing from their Tsalagiyi Nvdagi community, they introduce Adohvna: a modern restoration framework inspired by historical Cherokee principles of enduring partnership, reciprocity, autonomy, and belonging.
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