Reviews for Heterochrony

The average rating for Heterochrony based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-15 00:00:00 Bill Wilson When living in Cherokee County read books about the Cherokees, well, read them anyway. This was a story of Armentia, a black slave girl in the Cherokee tribe who was forced from her home and taken on the Trail of Tears along with the Indians back in 1838. She was taken to Tahlequah, OK and then sold into slavery. She had a very hard life that actually didn't get better until she was very old, and then like all of us, old age isn't that great either. Since writing this review the first time, I wish to add that when slavery had ended the Cherokees sent the African slaves away, and they were then no longer part of their tribe. In recent years the African American Cherokees began fighting to become members of the tribe again. They won; the Cherokees finally took them in. Very little has been written about slavery within the Indian tribes. You might find them in Pioneer books. Well, I actually have some 99 cent books that I found on line and have read and reviewed here, but they are ll about kidnapping white children, and if I recall correctly, they were not always made into slaves. But this is the only one that my friend found on the subject and asked our book group to read. Update, March 2028: This last month she and I went to the Black church to listen to Harold Aldridge, a black psychologist/blues singer/cowboy because he was going to be there. He is much loved in our town and always draws a crowd, but maybe I am over exaggerating, but he desires to be bragged about. He gave a talk on Black history, and on the Black towns in Oklahoma. And then another man, Ty Wilson, gave a talk about the Black Cherokees and their fight to get recognized by and included in the tribe. I bought the book he and Karen Coody Cooper edited, Oklahoma Black Cherokees. Hopefully, I will get around to reading it and then do a review on it. It is on my short reading list. Here is an article on Harold Aldridge in our paper: I did a term paper in college on The Trail of Tears and also worked on my family tree for a college project because I had relatives that had been on the Trail of Tears. And now I live in the Cherokee Nation where they took Armentia, the main character in this book. When we moved here my sister said, "You are going back to your roots." Also, I couldn't help but be put off by the preaching in this book, because the Christians tried to destroy the Native American culture and almost took away his religion and in many cases had. I didn't have a as bad of taste in my mouth in regards to Christianity until I moved here and found that you had to keep your beliefs to yourself if you were not Christian, and that is what many of the American Indians do as well, and when they were first subjugated they were forced to become Christians and their children were taken away from their families. Still, this was a good book to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-25 00:00:00 Pertti Uutela Seriously talented author who should not be ignored.