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EASTERN CHEROKEE GROUPS — ^KUPFERER 



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inheritance may differ markedly from either or both of his parents. 

 Table 1 compares the Indian blood degree of the 1924 roll with the 

 figm-es obtained from the schools in 1956-57. Analysis of the age 

 distribution in 1960 reveals that over half of the band is 40 years of 

 age and under. There were 750 children aged 10 or under, and 158 

 old people aged between 80 and 100 years. 



Serological data on the Cherokee were obtained by William PoUitzer 

 in 1958 and again in 1960. Phenotypic distribution of blood types 

 is what we might expect, for it is characteristic of Indian tribes, not 

 including the Blood and Blackfoot groups. Table 2 summarizes 

 these findings. Hemoglobin levels were studied; less than 5 percent 

 of the sample had fewer than 12 grams of hemoglobin. There was 

 no abnormal hemoglobin, i.e., sickle ceU.^ 



Table 2. — Blood type distribution 



THE DAILY BREAD 



The main sources of earned income derive from the tourist industry, 

 two factories, miscellaneous wage labor, and, to a much lesser extent, 

 timbering. Farming as an exclusive occupation is confined to so 

 few that it can scarcely be regarded as an important source of cash. 

 However, for the piu-poses of this research, I have chosen to designate 

 fulltime farmers as those who operate farms which include more than 

 kitchen gardens. Many of these farmers have an additional source 

 of income deriving from their own efforts or those of their spouses. 

 Even with this qualification there are only 44 people living within 

 the Qualla Boundary who may be regarded as farmers.^ 



The farms are spread unequally over the reservation. There are 5 

 in Cherokee, 4 in Painttown, 18 in Soco, 6 in Big Cove, and 11 in Bird- 

 town. Because several people have suggested that fuUbloods are not 

 attracted to farming, or that the general tendency is for the more 



6 William Pollitzer, personal conference, February 17, 1961. 



' This figure does not include data from Graham or Cherokee Counties. 



