Big Tiger wasPrincipal Chief of the council of a dissident group of Cherokee (1824–1828) who followed the teachings of Whitepath (orNunnahitsunega), a full-blood traditionalist leader and member of the Cherokee National Council who lived at Turnip Town (Ulunyi), on theLarge Ellijay (Elatseyi).^[1]

Influenced by the teachings of theSeneca prophetHandsome Lake, Whitepath began a rebellion against the acculturation then taking place in theCherokee Nation, proposing the rejection of Christianity and the new Cherokee national constitution, and a return to the old tribal laws. The "rebellion" ended with the submission of Whitepath to the more progressive members of the Cherokee National Council.

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• Mooney, James.Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee; (Nashville: Charles and Randy Elder-Booksellers, 1982).

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