Cherokeetisqua, 77

Cherokee/Irish descent I was raised white, in Arkansas, but now live in Missouri. I am trying to learn as much as I can about the culture and traditions of my Cherokee ancestors. I feel very cheated because I was brought up without the teaching I should have had as a child. I follow the spiritual beliefs of the Cherokee. I do not know any Indians in my area, and would like to find friends who are full or mixed blood, either those who grew up in the ways of our people, or those, like myself, who are searching to fill the deep need within to learn and know those ways