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For authentic stories, check out the following:
The Works of Anthropologist James Mooney
The Kilpatricks (see; Friends of Thunder)
Turtle Island Liar's Clube
Sequoya Guess
Tommy Wildcat
Hastings Shade
Also, it would help to know the following:
-The Cherokee name of God is Unetlanvhi, short for Unetlanvhi'agatiya
-In Cherokee stories the sun is feminine, the moon masculine
-Figures like Uktena, Yvnwi Gvnvhita, Stone Coat, Utlunta, the Nunnehi, the Tsunsdi and Tlanuwa along with he ancient red, white, black and blue are all indications that the story may be rooted in some authenticity.