The Texas Cherokees, A People Between Two Fires, 1819-1840 by Dianna Everett. The author uses many primary sources in her history of the Cherokees who settled in Texas. This study covers the Cherokee migration west, their attempts at accommodation, the Texas Revolution, and finally war with the Texans and removal. History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney, with a biographical introduction by George Ellison. This primary source book on the Cherokees contains 126 legends obtained on the Cherokee Reservation in N.C. in 1887-1888 by the noted scholar James Mooney for the 1900 Ethnology Report to Congress.
Subjects covered are creation, animals, birds, wonder stories, history, and more.
Beginning Cherokee by Ruth Bradley Holmes and Betty Sharp Smith. This book and its two audio tapes are the most widely used materials for teaching beginning Cherokee. The book is arranged in 27 lessons with accompanying exercises. For easy reference, the appendix includes vocabulary lists arranged both in English to Cherokee, and Cherokee to English. Cherokee - English Dictionary by Durbin Feeling.