In the ancient and mystical hills and river bottoms of Mayes County, where the Cherokee Nation’s history runs as deep as the Illinois River, the old stories still breathe. Ask any longtime Cherokee family in Pryor or Locust Grove about the Yunwi Tsunsdi, the Little People, and you will hear the same quiet respect in their voices. These small spirits, no taller than a child, with hair that sweeps the ground and eyes that see what humans miss, have lived in the rocks and forest