Cherokee Traditions: Marble Making

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3 жыл бұрын

Marbles is a traditional Cherokee social game dating back centuries and is still played by many Cherokee people today. However, the craft of creating the marbles traditionally used in the game is considered something of a lost art. Join Cherokee marble maker Sammy Still as he discusses the processes and history behind the craft in this new episode of Cherokee Traditions.
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@The_Digital_Arts_World 3 жыл бұрын

I found this piece on crafting marbles using what God and Narure have given to us as extremely interesting as well as something that requires patience, dedication, and a craft passed down from our Cherokee ancestors that I would like to try myself. Thanks for making this video and teaching us another lesson but our people.

@shaneapplegate1975 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. ✌️

@unknownuser2737 2 жыл бұрын

I find several slabs of limestone with circular holes in them we always call them nutting stones. Some of them have several holes on the slab just like yours and they're way too big to hold nuts. I also find on the same site numerous marbles. Now I have to rethink everything . now they're possibly marble making stones. I also find a lot of fire cooked clay marbles, of all sizes but nothing bigger than 3 in in diameter. Some sites that I hunt on I find porcelain marbles they have painted lines on them and clover leaves and flowers. But most of them are made from hard Stone. I haven't found any made out of limestone. On just one site I found 18 marbles, around 2 in in diameter. I figured they were gaming stones. Where I live I have never found any discoids. Thank you for opening up my mind to another avenue it explains a lot. The campsite that I find all the hard Stone marbles on now tells me it was a permanent camp not just a hunting camp. Very informative.

@BonHomie87

Thinking about the countless and almost unthinkable crimes committed against the original American peoples evokes twofold reactions in me. The initial one being disgust or perhaps more specifically I suppose might be that dark desolation of the mind where aching grief and blind red anger overlap followed undoubtedly by an awesome and humbling reverence for the kaleidoscopic wisdoms and myriad of time-tested stewardship and pronounced cultures imparted by those such as this gentleman and the many other proud remaining messengers of those incredible indigenous cultures and practices. Thank you for sharing it with the wider world.

@jarstenmandaelki3973 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I live in Mississippi and have access to these materials. I have crafted one stone marble and have found that patience is the definitely the most important tool.

@rosettaeagle1718 3 жыл бұрын

I love marbles. As a kid. And i like different typs of stone and wood. And i love american indians. Hi from australia. But our marbles were small glass balls

@paulisemonger280 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. I have the great pleasure and honor to live in a house on an ancient Cherokee village settlement. I find many stone tools and am really pleased to find your channel to learn about how these ancient people lived. When my collection reaches a certain size I hope to donate the items to a museum.

@karensikora9767 3 жыл бұрын

I found one in Bastrop, Tx about 15 years ago. Still have it, wuju! I didn't know Indians made marbles until I found mine. This is the first thing I have ever found on Native American marbles. Wah do!

@stephyg20 Жыл бұрын

This is just incredible. Thank you so much! What an honor to learn the skills of our ancestors.

@floydsadler3559

Playing marbles with my family and friends has made the most memorable times. Thank you for keeping traditions

@bozzskaggs112 2 жыл бұрын

I loved watching this. Thank you. My dad and uncles made marbles in a similar way but they put their rocks in naturally occurring depressions in a creek bed even directing the water flow to their advantage. Walking to and from school they'ed check on the process and make needed adjustments. I should ask about this process now. In was a kid when I heard it the first time.

@hummuna69demetz29 2 жыл бұрын

Osiyo. Being a North Carolina Cherokee, and now living in France where we play an ancient game called pétanque (pay-tonk), I see the similarities between both games. The only difference is that we use a very small ball as the object to come the closest to instead of a hole, but I think that the intention of the game is the same. We even try to hit the medium marble sized ball to take the other players out of the game that had their balls close to it. Kind of like when we used to joke about the other players throws that weren't close enough. And in the good old days, hundreds of years ago, the balls were made out of knot wood.

@stratocaster1greg

Sir I was born in Chickasha, Okla and have Cherokee blood. Im in Colorado now. Today I made a Red Horn Coral marble. Its about 5/8 of an in. Ive made over 200 stone marbles using a diamond wheel, silicon carbide cups and granite countertop polishing pads glued in pvc caps. An inch and a half marble takes me 18 to 20 hours. I sure enjoyed your video and God Bless You.

@thegreatowl4912 2 жыл бұрын

Here in the North East part of the country the artifact hunters and scholars alike find sandstone rocks with indentations similar to yours. They call them "nutting stones". The idea has been that the native people used them for cracking nuts. But, after watching this, I'm not so convinced that they are correct. Thank you for sharing this video!