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The map The map shows the shows the five Indian five Indian culture culture areas. areas.

In what In what area can area can you find you find the the Cherokee?Cherokee?

In the In the Eastern Eastern Woodland Woodland culture.culture.

The CherokeeThe Cherokee

Lived in Lived in areas of areas of North North Carolina, Carolina, Georgia and Georgia and TennesseeTennessee

Survived off Survived off of natural of natural resourcesresources

Lived in large Lived in large villages with villages with 30-60 homes30-60 homes

Villages and HomesVillages and HomesThe Cherokee lived in houses made The Cherokee lived in houses made

from twigs and branches stuck from twigs and branches stuck together with mud or clay. together with mud or clay. Longhouses were meeting places.Longhouses were meeting places.

Later they lived Later they lived inin

cabins with bark roofscabins with bark roofs..

Sources of Sources of FoodFood

The Cherokee The Cherokee hunted small hunted small game such as game such as deer, rabbit, and deer, rabbit, and bear. Since their bear. Since their villages were villages were usually near usually near streams or streams or lakes, they also lakes, they also fished using fished using spears and nets.spears and nets.

Sources of Sources of FoodFood

Berries, nuts, Berries, nuts, and wild plants and wild plants were important were important forms of food for forms of food for the Cherokee. the Cherokee. The Cherokee The Cherokee were considered were considered to be excellent to be excellent farmers. They farmers. They had large farms had large farms which grew which grew corns, beans, corns, beans, and squash. and squash.

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The Cherokee The Cherokee men wore men wore breechcloths breechcloths or leggings or leggings made from made from animal skins. animal skins. They would They would paint their paint their skin and skin and decorate it decorate it with tattoos. with tattoos.

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By the 1800s By the 1800s Cherokee men Cherokee men and women and women were dressing were dressing like their like their white white neighbors.neighbors.

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The Cherokee The Cherokee women wore women wore skirts woven skirts woven from plants from plants or made from or made from animal skins. animal skins. They would They would sew feathers sew feathers into light into light capes made capes made of netting. of netting.

Cherokee WomenCherokee Women Cherokee women Cherokee women

owned all the owned all the houses and the houses and the fields, and could fields, and could marry and marry and divorce as they divorce as they pleased. Kinship pleased. Kinship was determined was determined through the through the mother’s line, mother’s line, and clan mothers and clan mothers administered administered justice.justice.

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The Cherokee were The Cherokee were considered one of the most considered one of the most civilized Indian tribes of North civilized Indian tribes of North America. They had their own America. They had their own government, laws, courts, and government, laws, courts, and schools. A Cherokee Indian schools. A Cherokee Indian named Sequoyah invented a named Sequoyah invented a written language called written language called "Talking Leaves". It had 86 "Talking Leaves". It had 86 characters and was in use by characters and was in use by 1823.1823.

TheThe Cherokee Alphabet Cherokee Alphabet

Cherokee RemovalCherokee Removal When gold was discovered on Cherokee When gold was discovered on Cherokee

land in northern Georgia, miners arrived land in northern Georgia, miners arrived and Indian removal was suggested. and Indian removal was suggested.

In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to lands east of the Mississippi River and to move to an area in present-day move to an area in present-day Oklahoma.Oklahoma.

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The Cherokee people called this The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. of its devastating effects.

Driven from their homes with little Driven from their homes with little time to prepare, the Cherokee faced time to prepare, the Cherokee faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. the forced march.

Over 4,000 out of 16,000 died Over 4,000 out of 16,000 died during the 800 mile journey.during the 800 mile journey.

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This picture, The Trail of Tears, was painted by Robert Lindneux in 1942. It commemorates the suffering of the Cherokee people under forced removal.

The Eastern Band members, The Eastern Band members, most of whom live today in North most of whom live today in North Carolina, are primarily Carolina, are primarily descendants of Cherokee who descendants of Cherokee who did not participate in the march did not participate in the march to Oklahoma Territory. to Oklahoma Territory.

Many of their ancestors survived Many of their ancestors survived by hiding out in the Appalachian by hiding out in the Appalachian Mountains.Mountains.

The Eastern Band of the CherokeeThe Eastern Band of the Cherokee

The Eastern Band of Cherokee The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still practice many of the Indians still practice many of the original ceremonies of the original ceremonies of the Cherokee. Cherokee.

Today there are about 350,000 Today there are about 350,000 Cherokee people, primarily in Cherokee people, primarily in Oklahoma and North Carolina.Oklahoma and North Carolina.

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