On 6/6/2013 9:59 PM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote:
The Beloved Woman by herself, or the Woman's Council, had similar powers among the Cherokee (it may be no consequence that we're a matrilocal people). That's got nothing to do with whether this made-up "Council" is notable.
Thanks for expanding my knowledge to another group with a similar practice.
Of course, every grouping was "made up" by somebody at some time...
In 1766 who were all those guys who signed the declaration of independence in 1776? A bunch of people who mostly might not have their own wikipedia articles (or someone might have tried to AfD?)
;-)
CM