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Cherokee oral history recounts that a hereditary priesthood called the Ani-Kutani ruled over the Cherokee before its massacre in an uprising. What else do we know about this, and is it related to the local manifestation of Mississippian Culture.

by /u/Xaminaf in /r/AskHistorians

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