CHEROKEE CLAN NAMES
Belonging to your mother's clan was the first and most important consideration for a Cherokee. Yet, so basic was it, that today there is considerable controversy about the names of those clans. Has everything Cherokee become lost? Just about. Yes, just about everything.
In the 19th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology "Myths of the Cherokee", page 212, the names are listed:
Ani'wa'ya (Wolf); Ani'-Kawi' (Deer); Ani'-Tsi'skwa (Bird); Ani'-Wa'di (Paint);
Ani'-Saha'ni; Ani'-Ga'-tage'wi; Ani'-Gila'hi. The names of the last three cannot be translated with any certainty.
In Bulletin 133 (The Eastern Cherokees), page 203, is listed:
Aniwahiya (Wolf); Anikawi (Deer); Anidjiskwa (Bird); Aniwodi (Red Paint);
Anisahoni (Blue ?); Anigotigewi (Wild Potatoes ?); Anigilohi (Twisters ?)
On page 205 there is a comparison with some other lists that do not agree.
Grace Steele Woodward lists in her book, from the Eastern Clan today: Wolf, Deer, Bird, Twister, Blue, Red, and Wild Potato.
And in Cherokee People, Thomas E. Mails (more recent) is listed: Wolf, Deer,Bird, Red Paint, Blue, Wild Potato, and Twister.
These are basicly the same. You will note that in none of them is there a mention of a "Long Hair" clan. Such a clan never existed in ancient times.