were cherokee indians skinwalkers?

It is not possible for you to be a skinwalker. Read the excerpts below and then go to the website suggested and read it.

In the American Southwest, the Navajo, Hopi, Utes, and other tribes each have their own version of the skinwalker story, but basically they boil down to the same thing--a malevolent witch capable of transforming itself into a wolf, coyote, bear, bird, or any other animal. The witch might wear the hide or skin of the animal identity it wants to assume, and when the transformation is complete, the human witch inherits the speed, strength, or cunning of the animal whose shape it has taken.

"The Navajo skinwalkers use mind control to make their victims do things to hurt themselves and even end their lives," writes Doug Hickman, a New Mexico educator. "The skinwalker is a very powerful witch. They can run faster than a car and can jump mesa cliffs without any effort at all."

For the Navajo and other tribes of the southwest, the tales of skinwalkers are not mere legend. Just ask Michael Stuhff. A Nevada attorney, Stuhff is likely one of the few lawyers in the history of American jurisprudence to file legal papers against a Navajo witch. He has often represented Native Americans in his practice. He understands Indian law and has earned the trust of his Native American clients, in large part because he knows and respects tribal religious beliefs.

According to University of Nevada-Las Vegas anthropologist Dan Benyshek, who specializes in the study of Native Americans of the Southwest, "Skinwalkers are purely evil in intent. I'm no expert on it, but the general view is that skinwalkers do all sorts of terrible things---they make people sick, they commit murders. They are graverobbers and necrophiliacs. They are greedy and evil people who must kill a sibling or other relative to be initiated as a skinwalker. They supposedly can turn into were-animals and can travel in supernatural ways."

"They curse people and cause great suffering and death," one Navajo writer explained. "At night, their eyes glow red like hot coals. It is said that if you see the face of a Naagloshii, they have to kill you. If you see one and know who it is, they will die. If you see them and you don't know them, they have to kill you to keep you from finding out who they are. They use a mixture that some call corpse powder, which they blow into your face. Your tongue turns black and you go into convulsions and you eventually die. They are known to use evil spirits in their ceremonies. The Dine' have learned ways to protect themselves against this evil and one has to always be on guard."

Cherokee Skinwalkers

Absolutely not and you wouldn't want to wish for such a thing.; Skin walkers are tortured creatures that always kill the person they love the most. There is a Cherokee tradition of Skin walkers but you are not one of them. I believe that you are probably a teen ager with a deviated septum. That would explain the eating, sleeping and snoring. As for the dreams. one of two things is happening there. Either you are a histrionic person and you have been obsessing on your native heritage and this is influencing your dreams OR your totem is trying to speak to you (If you are spiritual and open.) And not to burst your bubble or anything, but all of us as part Cherokee. ;)

I think the concept of skin-walkers is more of a Southwest concept, mostly Navajo and Hopi. It was made popular by the Tony Hillerman books set in the American Southwest.

The American indians would still be living in a teepee if it were not for Europeans. When the pilgrims landed on the east coast they encountered hostil indians and a harsh environment and defeated both of them to create the greatest country in the world. Indians did not evolve like the dinasaure and got their butts kicked by more intelligent and superior force, thats life chief like it or lump it.

Yes there are stories of shape shifters. They are called "skili" or "sgili' depending on the dialect. Though most I have heard of do not take the form of wolves or do "werewolf" sort of things. Its mostly just a convenient form of getting around.