Hastings Shade (May 20, 1941 – February 9, 2010"Former Deputy Principal Hastings Shade Passes."
''Cherokee Nation.'' (retrieved 10 Feb 2010)) was a former deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation. He was a traditionalist, artist, and master level fluent speaker of the Cherokee language.

Background

Hastings Shade was born on May 20, 1941 in

Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah ( ; ''Cherokee'': ᏓᎵᏆ, ''daligwa'' ) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-cent ...

."Hastings Shade 1941-2010."
''Muskogee Phoenix.'' 11 Feb 2010 (retrieved 13 Feb 2010) His parents were Tom and Leanna Stopp Shade.

Traditional artist

Hastings Shade was declared a Cherokee National Treasure in 1991 for his extensive traditional knowledge, particularly his ability to make Cherokee marbles by hand.Nation Treasures.
''Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council.'' (retrieved 13 July 2009) He was the only known maker of Cherokee marbles (''gadayosdi''). He painstakingly fashioned the balls from

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and they are about the size of a billiards ball.Fauntleroy, Gussie
Tradition! Arts and Crafts Revived.
''Native Peoples Magazine.'' 1 Dec 2005 (retrieved 13 July 2009) He also made fishing and frog gigs that are sought after by collectors.

Deputy Chief

Shade served one term as deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation, from 1999 to 2003, with

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.Conley, Robert J
A Cherokee encyclopedia.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007: 214-215. . (retrieved through Google Books, 13 July 2009) In an unusual political move, Shade ran independently for deputy chief in 2003 but did not win the election. During his time in office, he helped develop the Cherokee Nation's language programs, specially the Cherokee language immersion programs for school children.Fields, J.A.F
Assessing the Impact of Total Immersion on Cherokee Language: A Culturally Responsive, Participatory Approach.
Page 8 (retrieved 13 July 2009

Personal

Shade was considered a fullblood Cherokee. However, since he was a sixth-generation descendant of Sequoyah, the inventor of the

Cherokee syllabary The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until the creation of his syllabary. He ...

, he no doubt had a degree of European ancestry, as Sequoyah himself was not a full blood Cherokee. Hastings was married to Loretta Shade, also a master level fluent speaker of the Cherokee language. Together they lived in Lost City, outside of

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. Shade died on February 9, 2010 in

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. "He foremost was a gentleman and a traditionalist who was fluent in Cherokee language and conversant in Cherokee thought. He was a teacher," said Chad Smith.

Published works

* Shade, Hastings. ''Myths, Legends, and Old Sayings.'' Self-published, 1994. ASIN B0006RH39I * Cowan, Agnes; Loretta Shade; Hastings Shade; Agnes Louise Clark; and Jane B. Noble. ''Cherokee–English Language Reference Book.'' Welling: Cross-Cultural Education Center Inc., 1995. ASIN B00182V8YQ.

References

External links

Gigging: A Cherokee Elder Spears for his Supper.
Wisconsin Public Radio piece audio about Hastings Shade {{DEFAULTSORT:Shade, Hastings 1941 births 2010 deaths People from Tahlequah, Oklahoma Native American male artists Artists from Oklahoma Writers from Oklahoma 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans Cherokee Nation politicians