page_title: Cherokee spiritual beliefs
section_title: Green Corn Ceremony
hierarchical_section_title: Cherokee spiritual beliefs / Creation beliefs / Green Corn Ceremony
caption_attribution_description: File name: 06_10_015871 Title: Cherokee Indians ready for The Green Corn Dance, Cherokee, N. C. Created/Published: Pub. by Standard Souvenirs &amp; Novelties, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn. Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (postcard)&#160;: linen texture, color&#160;; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Genre: Postcards Subjects: Notes: Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions
context_page_description: Cherokee spiritual beliefs are held in common among the Cherokee people - Native American peoples who are indigenous to the Southeastern Woodlands, and today live primarily in communities in North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Some of the beliefs, and the stories and songs in which they have been preserved, exist in slightly different forms in the different communities in which they have been preserved. But for the most part, they still form a unified system of theology.
context_section_description: The thunder beings are viewed as the most powerful servants of the Apportioner (Creator Spirit), and are revered in the first dance of the Green Corn Ceremony held each year, as they are directly believed to have brought the rains for a successful corn crop.
caption: A postcard depicting Cherokee people ready for The Green Corn Dance.
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