Found this interesting video on how to do yer turbans, easier than tryin to splain it.
http://www.cherokeeturbans.com/video.html
No video link.....
I worked for a while as a anti terrorist instructor at Ft. Carson, CO got to play insurgent against US Army and Air force personnel before the hit the road to Iraq/Afganastan... this is what I looked like...
(http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt180/JamminJim_photo/DSCN0941.jpg)
He just said he found a video, not that he was going to share it with us!
http://www.cherokeeturbans.com/video.html This it mi amigo?
Yep thats the one, dont know whys it didnt show up on the post, but thanks, I fixed it.
A lot of the southeastern folks added plumage from native swamp birds, as well as traded feathers. Look at any of the old Seminole/creek paintings and you can see that some of them are very gaudy, but gaudy was good then I think.