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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10 people with the Calhoun surname? In that year Calhoun was ranked number 3569 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Walker means "one who thickens cloth" and is of English origin.
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Walker Calhoun
Walker Calhoun (May 13, 1918 – March 28, 2012) was an Eastern Band Cherokee musician, dancer, and teacher. He was known as a medicine man and spiritual leader who worked to preserve the history, religion, and herbal healing methods of his people.
Calhoun was the youngest of 12 children born to Sally Ann Calhoun and Morgan Calhoun. His father died when Calhoun was nine.
At the age of 12, Calhoun attended a boarding school in Cherokee, North Carolina, where he learned the English language. Before that time, he had rarely heard English since his mother did not speak it. During World War II, he was drafted and served as a combat engineer in Germany.
Calhoun started learning Cherokee songs from an early age. He had learned most of the social, hunt, and sacred songs from his uncle, Will West Long, by the time he was nine years old.
Calhoun founded the Raven Rock Dancers in the 1980s, to help keep traditional Cherokee dances alive within his Big Cove, North Carolina community.
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