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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (is a federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States of America, who are descended from the small group of 800 Cherokee who remained in the Eastern United States after the Indian Removal Act moved the other 15000 Cherokee to the west in the 19th century, but only on the condition that they assimilate and renounce Cherokee identity. The EBCI also own, hold, or maintain additional lands in the vicinity, and as far away as 100 miles from the Qualla Boundary. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are primarily the descendants of those persons listed on the Baker Rolls of Cherokee Indians. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is one of three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the others being theCherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, both in Oklahoma. Its headquarters is in the namesake town of Cherokee, North Carolina in the Qualla Boundary.
November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
Richard Foreman a Cherokee doctor, and James W. Mahoney publish The Cherokee
Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor. The book
gives a brief anatomical overview and describes a variety of herbal remedies foreshadowing the popularity of such remedies a century later. The introduction argues for the efficacy of Native cures, even when white medicine and doctors have failed, and more importantly, that "the articles employed by them in the cure of diseases, are simple, and principally such as can be procured in this country.�