Gadugi
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Gadugi (Cherokee:ᎦᏚᎩ) is a term used in the Cherokee language which means "working together"[1] or "cooperative labor" within a community.[2]
Historically, the word referred to a labor gang, of men and/or women, working together for projects such as harvesting crops or tending to gardens of elderly or infirm tribal members.[3]
The word Gadugi was derived from the Cherokee word for "bread", which is Gadu. Gadugi means "putting together the bread".[4]
In recent years, the Cherokee Nation tribal government has promoted the concept of Gadugi. The GaDuGi Health Center is a tribally run clinic in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation.[5]
The concept is becoming more widely known. In Lawrence, Kansas, in 2004 the rape crisis center center affiliated with the University of Kansas adopted the name, the Gadugi Safe Center, for its programs to aid all people affected by sexual violence.[1]
[edit] See also
- Mutual Aid
- Barn raising
- Dugnad (Norwegian)
- Meitheal (Irish)
- Minca (Andean)
- Naffir (Sudanese Arabic)
- Talkoot (Finnish)
- Gotong royong (Indonesia and Malaysia)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Gadugi Safecenter", Official Website
- ^ Feeling (1975), p. 93
- ^ "History", Cherokee Nation
- ^ According to whom?
- ^ http://npidb.org/organizations/ambulatory_health_care/multi-specialty_261qm1300x/1093722324.aspx
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