Did Some Ancient Americans Celebrate Sukkot?

Did Some Ancient Americans Celebrate Sukkot?
by
James Scott Trimm
Sukkot has just ended, and Columbus Day is around the corner, so I thought I would share some fascinating information with you about a certain tribe of Native Americans and the festival of Sukkot.
There are in fact many evidences of cultural exchanges between ancient Americans and the ancient Hebrews, including evidence that some ancient Americans celebrated an annual festival with characteristics very similar to Sukkot.

One very interesting tribe are the Yuchi tribe.  Their unique language has no relationship to other known native american languages, and their culture is unique,
The Yuchi tribe was a tribe native to Georgia and Tennessee, but later moved to a reservation in Oklahoma.  One of the unique cultural practices of the Yuchi is that they observe a festival very similar to Sukkot.  This festival takes place during the full moon of their holy harvest month.  In honor of this festival they would gather at their cultic center, dwell in temporary dwellings.  Moreover, during this festival the Yuchi have a ritual of waving branches as they dance (Before Columbus; Cyrus Gordon; Crown Publishers; N.Y. 1971 pp. 89-90).

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