PART IX
DEPARTMENTAL CONSTITUTIONS
The Cultural Development of Children ages birth to under 7 years
The Cultural Development of Children ages 7 years to under 14 years
The Cultural Development of our Youth ages 14 years to under 21 years.
Adult Cultural Training
The Gadugi
The Honoring of Our Elders
The oversight of the Adawehi
The Clan Mother System and the Selection of a Principal Clan Mother
THIS SECTION CONTAINS THE CONSTITIONS FOR VARIOUS SOCIEITIES
CHEROKEE WARRIORS
CHEROKEE YOUTH
CHEROKEE GADUGI
CHEROKEE ADAWEHI
RECORDKEEPERS SOCIETY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE
FOREWARD
Cherokee Warriors Society: A society for Genealogical Research, Preservation of Documentation, maintaining ascendancy charts, and creating and maintaining Prospective Members based on research- We are warriors of today - finding our people and returning them home.
Constitutional Cherokee Youth Society- A society modeled on the Handbook of the Constitutional Cherokee for youth ages 14-up to 21 (under 21) for the purpose of training them for leadership, teaching our history, and sharing language and culture. Oversight is maintained at the Community, State and National Levels of this organization through a council of Mentors and Elders.
Gadugi - the "Storehouse" society of the Clans that seeks to serve the people by meeting real needs
Adawehi Society - [the stewards of our beliefs, our traditions, and our people] Addresses selection, training, responsibilities, ethics and oversight
