COMMENTARY: Kinship, not governments, defines the Cherokee People - The Cherokee One Feather

COMMENTARY: Kinship, not governments, defines the Cherokee People - The Cherokee One Feather

For centuries, the Cherokee people were united not by a single central government but by kinship, clans, and shared values. Our ancestors built their lives on responsibility to one another, not bureaucracy. Towns governed themselves. What held us together was culture, language, and family bonds. Governments came later.