{"product_id":"book-1qdj","title":"The Water Carriers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating journey through Cherokee history and an ancient tradition that can change how we understand our world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The history of the Cherokee people is an epic story of survival and creativity. A tale usually told through the lens of Cherokee resistance to land-hungry colonists and the removal policy of Andrew Jackson, it is that and so much more. Cherokee history connects us to deep time, to Indigenous environmental knowledge, and the future of a continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Water Carriers\u003c\/i\u003e—or \u003ci\u003eama danhtsisi\u003c\/i\u003e, in Cherokee—is a journey into worlds formed in the mists of \"time immemorial.\" Award-winning historian Gregory Smithers transports listeners back to forgotten epochs when Southern Appalachia's mountains soared as high as the Alps of Europe, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and ancient oceans receded to make way for rivers. In Southern Appalachia, rivers, which Cherokees called Long Person—or \u003ci\u003eGanvhidv Yuhwee—\u003c\/i\u003emoved the earth and excavated mountains to reveal fertile valleys. Smithers highlights how Long Person drew Cherokees and their Indigenous ancestors to the water's edge where they nurtured an enduring bond with the river.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From their first tentative steps in small hunting and gathering bands to bustling \u003ci\u003eaquapelagos\u003c\/i\u003e—communities forged along rivers—\u003ci\u003eThe Water Carriers\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply-researched and elegantly written history that that illuminates the importance of water carrier traditions in Cherokee history. Life is pulsing from the mountaintops to distant seas, and \u003ci\u003eThe Water Carriers\u003c\/i\u003e that reminds us of a simple yet profound and urgent truth: \u003ci\u003eama gvnida—\u003c\/i\u003e\"water is life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67136937591088,"sku":"ZE1qdj","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":67136937623856,"sku":"ZM1qdj","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook [BD]","offer_id":67136937656624,"sku":"BD1qdj","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1qdj","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}