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Cherokee Core Values

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Spirituality

  • Spirituality creates a bond among our people in good times and difficult times

  • Spirituality is the cornerstone of survival

  • Shared spirituality is a foundation of kin relationships

  • Spirituality develops the heart

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Group Harmony

  • Community & Kin Relationships

  • Giving & Sharing

  • Respect for Family Institution 

  • Sacrifice for the People

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Strong Individual Character

  • Honesty

  • Perseverance

  • Integrity

  • Courage

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  • Respect

  • Trust

  • Honor

  • Humility

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Sense of Place

  • Strong Connection with Lands

  • Stewardship of the Homelands of the Cherokee

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Honoring the Past

  • Knowing One's Ancestors

  • Possessing a Sense of Cherokee Identity and Belonging

  • Revitalizing and Living the Cherokee Culture

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Educating the Children

  • Provide Values-Oriented Education and Recreation

  • Role Models in Family, School, and Community Settings

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Sense of Humor

  • Self-effacing humor - pokes fun at yourself as well as others.

  • Humor is used to lighten pressure and help make good decisions.

  • Indian humor is universal. 

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These core values are sourced from the Cherokee Preservation Foundation's Vision Qualla initiative and a follow-up discussion with the Tribal Council in February 2005

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Noquisi Initiative preserves, protects, and promotes culture and heritage in the original homelands of the Cherokee people.

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Using engaged partnerships, Noquisi Initiative focuses on developing cultural resources for diverse projects from the nationally significant Cultural Corridor along the Little Tennessee River, to restoration of heritage apple species, and widespread cultural collaboration.

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