Bushyhead, Robert H., 1914-2001
Variant names
English,
Cherokee,
Biographical notes:
Robert Bushyhead (1914-2001), born in the Birdtown Community of Cherokee, N.C., was punished at the Cherokee Government Boarding School for speaking Cherokee and made a decision not to teach it to his children. Later in life, however, he became a champion for preserving the Kituhwa dialect of the Cherokee language. He was a Baptist minister and played the role of Rev. Elias Boudinot in the outdoor drama, Unto These Hills about the Cherokee removal, including an act where he speaks in Cherokee.
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Subjects:
- Cherokee language
Occupations:
- Actors
- Clergy
- Linguists
Places:
- 00, US
- NC, US
- NC, US
