The Cherokee Tribe By : Danielle. Location Of My Tribe The Cherokee tribe lives in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

The Cherokee TribeThe Cherokee Tribe

By : DanielleBy : Danielle

Location Of My TribeLocation Of My Tribe

The Cherokee tribe The Cherokee tribe lives in Georgia, lives in Georgia, North and South North and South Carolina, Virginia, Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Kentucky, and Tennessee. Most Tennessee. Most Cherokees were Cherokees were forced to move to forced to move to Oklahoma. Oklahoma.

NameName

The word Cherokee The word Cherokee comes from a comes from a Muskogee word.Muskogee word.

GovernmentGovernment

In the past, each In the past, each band was led by band was led by one war chief and one war chief and one peace chief. one peace chief. Cherokee chiefs Cherokee chiefs were chosen by a were chosen by a tribal council. tribal council. Cherokee war Cherokee war chiefs were male chiefs were male but the peace chief but the peace chief could be woman.could be woman.

Native Alabamian LifeNative Alabamian Life

There are three There are three federally recognized federally recognized Cherokee tribes. Cherokee tribes. The Cherokee The Cherokee nation of Oklahoma, nation of Oklahoma, the united the united Keetoowah band in Keetoowah band in Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma, and the eastern band of eastern band of Cherokee Indians of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. North Carolina.

HomesHomes

A Cherokee would A Cherokee would live in two houses live in two houses one would be his in one would be his in the hot summer the hot summer months with a months with a winter home winter home nearby. nearby.

Appearance Appearance

People of this tribe People of this tribe were slim. The skin were slim. The skin color varied from a color varied from a light tan to a dark light tan to a dark tan. They had tan. They had straight black hair. straight black hair. Women rarely cut Women rarely cut their hair, as long their hair, as long hair was considered hair was considered to be beautiful. to be beautiful.

FoodFood Corn was their favorite Corn was their favorite

meal cooked in soups, meal cooked in soups, stews, and ground into stews, and ground into meal bake bread. Meat meal bake bread. Meat came from the animals came from the animals of forest, meadows, of forest, meadows, and streams. Plums, and streams. Plums, berries, mushrooms, berries, mushrooms, wild greens, wild wild greens, wild potatoes, and nuts potatoes, and nuts formed a part of their formed a part of their food menu.food menu.

Transportation Transportation

The Cherokee The Cherokee Indians used to Indians used to make long dugout make long dugout canoes from canoes from hollowed – out hollowed – out logs, over land, the logs, over land, the Cherokee used Cherokee used dogs as pack dogs as pack animals.animals.

Weapons Weapons

Cherokee hunters Cherokee hunters used bows and used bows and arrows or blow guns arrows or blow guns to shoot game. to shoot game. Fisherman generally Fisherman generally used spears and used spears and fishing poles. fishing poles. Warriors fired arrows Warriors fired arrows or fought with a or fought with a melee weapon like a melee weapon like a tomahawk or spear.tomahawk or spear.

Arts And Crafts Arts And Crafts

Traditional Cherokee Traditional Cherokee arts included pipe arts included pipe carving, river cane carving, river cane baskets, gourd art, and baskets, gourd art, and pottery. After moving to pottery. After moving to Oklahoma the Oklahoma the Cherokees couldn’t get Cherokees couldn’t get the materials they used the materials they used to use for traditional to use for traditional crafts, so they crafts, so they considered on other considered on other crafts like beadwork crafts like beadwork and textile arts.and textile arts.

Language Language

The Cherokee The Cherokee alphabet is technically alphabet is technically not an alphabet, but a not an alphabet, but a syllabary. That means syllabary. That means each represents a each represents a syllable, not just a syllable, not just a consonant or a vowel. consonant or a vowel. So using the English So using the English alphabet ama (water alphabet ama (water in Cherokee) is written in Cherokee) is written with three letters a,m, with three letters a,m, and a.and a.

Traditions And Rituals Traditions And Rituals

The first new moon The first new moon of spring ceremony of spring ceremony took place “ When took place “ When the grass began to the grass began to grow and the trees grow and the trees send out their pale send out their pale new leaves”. This new leaves”. This festival initiated festival initiated the planting the planting season.season.

Legends Legends

One of the best One of the best known people in known people in Cherokee history is Cherokee history is Sequoyah, Sequoyah, Sequoyah was a Sequoyah was a very brilliant man. very brilliant man. Although he did Although he did not know how to not know how to read or write in any read or write in any other languages.other languages.

What My Tribe Left BehindWhat My Tribe Left Behind

The Cherokee had The Cherokee had to leave their to leave their homeland the homeland the terrible journey terrible journey lasted for 6 lasted for 6 months, over 4,000 months, over 4,000 died along the trail.died along the trail.

Other Important FactsOther Important Facts

The Cherokee The Cherokee Indians originally Indians originally called themselves called themselves Aniyunwiya, the Aniyunwiya, the principal people.principal people.