Qualla

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proper noun

Territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Qualla
  1. Territory held as a land trust by the United States government for the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who reside in western North Carolina.

    It was at this time that the once nearly pure blooded Qualla Cherokees were recognized as having a contingency of black and white mixbloods as well as Cherokee / Catawba mixbloods living among them.

    1998, Laurence French, The Qualla Cherokee Surviving in Two Worlds, page 71
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