The Cherokee (/ˈtʃɛrəkiː/; Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ Tsalagi) are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and East Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family. In the 19th century, historians and ethnographers recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were located. They began to have contact with European traders in the 18th century.
In the 19th century, white settlers in the United States called the Cherokee one of the "Five Civilized Tribes", because they had assimilated numerous cultural and technological practices of European American settlers. The Cherokee were one of the first, if not the first, major non-European ethnic group to become U.S. citizens. Article 8 in the 1817 treaty with the Cherokee stated Cherokees may wish to become citizen of the United States. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the Cherokee Nation has more than 300,000 members, the largest of the 565 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States.
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form, "Bird", which continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm", and "Bird of Paradise."
Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas, including rapidly passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. Many Parker recordings demonstrate virtuosic technique and complex melodic lines, combining jazz with other musical genres, including blues, Latin, and classical.
Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than an entertainer.
The film Hollywood does not want you to see!
The film Hollywood does not want you to see.
Spaceman: [as he walks past a live staging of DaVinci's "Last Supper" using other characters from the film, he stops and picks up a piece of fruit from the table] You gonna eat that?
Plot
Educated but hot-headed Mitch Baker travels to the border town of Mission intent on avenging the death of his secret service father at the hand of contraband gang leader Newton.
Keywords: barroom-brawl, gunshot-wound, maverick, murder, murder-of-father, outlaw, revenge, sheriff, small-town, texas
OUT OF THE BLAZING TEXAS FRONTIER! (original print ad - all caps)
Flaming out of the Blazing Heart of Texas!
Angelita: Where do you come from? Where did you learn how to use a [gun] ?::Mitch Baker: Now there you go, just like a woman, askin' questions.
Plot
In a fictionalized biography, Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Dissension among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicate the plot, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons, horses, and as a surprisingly racy saloon entertainer.
Keywords: belle-starr, female-gunfighter, fist-fight, gunfight, street-shootout, trucolor
Warm Lips...Hot Lead!
That OUTLAW woman is back again!
BEAUTIFUL and NOTORIOUS!...and born to make trouble -- for men!
Let's get friendly... stranger!
[after the Marshal and his deputy were placed in a jail cell by bandits]::Marshal Ripple: Some deputy you are, sitting there reading the newspaper. You're under arrest!::[Marshal rips off the deputy's badge]
[after he and a Dalton brother are cornered during a gunfight]::Mac: Let's walk out of this town.
Plot
Eddie Dean ('Eddie Dean (I)' (qv)) and his friend Ezra ('Emmett Lynn' (qv)), while acting as trail guides for a wagon-train for homesteaders, stop a hold-up attempt by a gang led by Cherokee ('Lash La Rue' (qv.) When the settlers reach their destination, Eddie learns that unscrupulous landgrabbers, led by a saloon-owner and a crooked judge, have killed the sheriff, Eddie's friend, and taken control of all the available land. Eddie is appointed Sheriff and persuades the outlaws, who attempted the holdup, to join him in his fight against the landgrabbers and they will get a pardon from the state governor.
Keywords: 1880s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, ambush, b-movie, b-western, bartender, cigarettes, crooked-judge
In the glorious color of America's outdoor wonderland
SIX-GUN DIPLOMATS Blast a new empire!
ACTION and ROMANCE (original ad - mostly caps)
Hear these songs "Wagon Wheels" "You're Too Pretty to be Lonesome" "Crazy Cowboy Song"
Plot
It is Texas in 1875 and Kirby's gang continues to rob the stage. But now, the Durango Kid, robs Kirby's gang and returns the money to Mrs. Bancroft of the stage line. After that, he foils or robs the gang every time they try to make a heist. But Bill is really looking for evidence to clear the name of his dead father, the real Durango Kid.
Keywords: 1870s, archive-footage, avenger, bartender, blacksmith, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, coffee, dancehall-girl, dual-role
GALLOP TO GLORY WITH A GREAT NEW HERO...ROBIN HOOD OF THE RANGE! (original poster - all caps)
IT'S THAT "Salome" GAL AGAIN...Lovin' Like A Desperado!
That "Salome" Gal...TORRID...TANTALIZING...TERRIFIC! (original poster)
'What's your pleasure, Stranger?" (original poster)
That LOVIN' Woman! (original poster)
That Ever-LOVIN' Lady of "Salome"!
THIS 'Salome" GAL CAN TAME 'EM ALL...In Pink Tights...or bar room fights!
A Guy who fights like he loves it...and a dame who loves like a desperado!
BANDITS WHO HELD A NATION AT BAY! (original poster)
A country-side up in arms...whole towns terror-stricken...as the most daring desperados in history strike again! (original poster)
The Boldest Bandits in a Lawless Land! (original poster)
Plot
In the midst of the Civil War, Lassiter has a plan to get control of California. Working out of St. Joseph, he plans to send forged messages to the troops on the west coast via Pony Express. First he attempts to bribe Pony Express ride Roy Rogers. When Roy refuses he turns to the outlaw Johnson and his gang and this leads to trouble.
Keywords: california, cowboy, horse
Ann Langhorne: Who are those tough looking men?::Brett Langhorne: The big one leaning against the post is Luke Johnson. They say he is an outlaw.::Ann Langhorne: Well, why isn't he in prison?::Brett Langhorne: This isn't Maryland, honey. This is the frontier. The last two marshals that went after Johnson are dead.
Plot
When the Nevada Kid gets caught in a stage robbery, the gang leader Cherokee gets him released by forging a petition to the Governor. The Kid tries to go straight but the stage he is guarding gets robbed. When the Sheriff jails Cherokee who was not in on the robbery, the Kid gets caught effecting Cherokee's escape and finds himself in jail again.
Keywords: jail-break, stagecoach-robbery
Mysterious be enough
Aaa, haa, haa, haa haa
Lay lived in peace
Not long ago
A mighty Indian tribe
But the winds of change
Had made them realize
That the promises were lies, ohh
The white man's greed
In search of gold
Made the nation bleed
They had lost their faith
And now they had to learn
There was no place to return
Nowhere they could turn
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
They were driven hard
Across the plains
And walked for many moons
'Cause the winds of change
Had made them realize
That the promises were lies
So much to bear
An' all that pain
Left them in despair
They have lost their faith
And now they had to learn
There was no place to return
Nowhere they could turn
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Yea yea yaa
Aaa, haa, haa, haa haa
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Ohh, Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Cherokee
Oh, marchin' on the trail of tears
Sweet eyes of my father
In my own eyes I can see
The vision of the ancient Cherokee
Sweet sacred inspiration
He passes on to me
Heartbeat of the gentle Cherokee
And I heard him say
That's just the way love is
When love is bliss
And we will walk the mighty circle
Double cross the hands of time
Laugh and we'll cry as egos die
Until we get to the other side
Put on our wings and fly
The soul of sweet foregiveness
Walks his path with dignity
With the wisdom of the ancient living Cherokee
I come from his deep water
As much like him as I can be
And I carry to my own children
The promise of the Cherokee
And I heard him pray
That everywhere God is
Let freedom live
And we will walk the mighty circle
Double cross the hands of time
As nations die and hearts unite
When we'll get to the other side
Put on our wings and fly
Song of Monolah Sing of Mother Earth
Let Everyman live free
Let every voice be heard
Let every child be born
Knowing the way
And we will walk the sacred circle
Join our hands across all time
Living in peace when we believe
We're gonna get to the other side
Join our voices across the sky
When we get to the other side
We're gonna leave this world behind
Til we get to the other side
You were wild and you were free
You would search your destiny
But the white man came and took your land away
You were fire and you were flame
You were blood inside that (vein)
How he brought you fame the day he came to stay
I hear you howling through the night
The wind is cold the moons are fading
The pride and sorrow curse the light
And wakes a vengeance in your heart
You were young but you were wise
You were smoke that always raised
How they put you down and spit upon your name
You were snow and you were rain
You would walk without a shame
But they changed your life and gave you all the blame
The sound of thunder breaks the arch
10000 riders side by side
The time has come to end the fight
For their freedom, for their right
Cherokee, riding free
You ride into the sky
Where your spirit lives forever
Cherokee, riding free
You ride into the sky
Where all your freedom lasts forever
The fire burns tonight
We all recall the fight
Where blood was shed without a reason
200 years have passed since you stood ashore
And raped your land down to the core
Sweet Indian warrior
Since first I met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory so tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms fold you
Oh Cherokee
Brave Indian warrior
Since I first met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory so tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms enfold you
Never knew love like this
The wind, moon, the earth, the sky
Sky so high
Never knew pain like this
Everything die, then die
Never knew love like this
The sun, the sea and I
Never knew pain, never knew shame
Now I know why
Bury me, marry me to the sky
Marry, marry me to the sky
Feels like time is on my time
Bury me upside down
Cherokee, kissing me
When I'm, I'm going down
Feels like time is on my time
Bury me upside down
Cherokee, kissing me
When I'm, I'm going down
Feels like time is on my time
Bury me upside down, down
Cherokee, kissing me
Brave Indian warrior
Since first I met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh, Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory
So tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms fold you
Oh, Cherokee
Brave Indian warrior
Since I first met you
I can't forget you
Cherokee sweetheart
Child of the prairie
Your love keeps calling
My heart enthralling
Ooh, Cherokee
Dreams of summertime
Of wintertime gone by
Throng my memory
So tenderly and sigh
My sweet Indian warrior
One day I'll hold you
In my arms enfold you
(Stephen Stills)
In my short time
I've loved, I've shined
And now I find
All my lovin' just been blind
Southern girl, come on
You and me babe, gotta move on
My fortunes mean nothing
I never cared about fame
The dark eyed Cherokee
Like the raven she knows me
The secret she keeps
Like her soul so deep
Nothin' 'round here get to me
Like the lady from Tennessee
SWEET INDIAN MAIDEN,
SINCE I FIRST MET YOU,
I CAN'T FORGET YOU.
CHEROKEE,SWEETHEART.
CHILD OF THE PRAIRIE,
MY HEART ENTHRALLING,
YOUR LOVE KEEPS CALLING,
SWEET, CHEROKEE.
SWEET INDIAN MAIDEN,
ONE DAY I'LL HOLD YOU.
IN MY ARMS FOLD YOU,
SWEET CHEROKEE.
DREAMS OF SUMMERTIME,
OF LOVER TIME,
GONE BY.
THRONG MY MEMORY,
SO TENDERLY
AND SIGH.
MY SWEET INDIAN MAIDEN,
ONE DAY I'LL HOLD YOU,
IN MY ARMS FOLD YOU,
SWEET CHEROKEE.