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Cherokee Indians

Cherokee Indians. By: Alec Mau. Tribal Clans. Clan: groups of people who believed themselves related by blood 7 Cherokee clans Blue clan Long hair clan Bird clan Deer clan Wolf clan Wild Potato clan Paint clan. Tribal Clans. Each had its own symbols & traditions

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Cherokee Indians

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  1. Cherokee Indians By: Alec Mau

  2. Tribal Clans • Clan: groups of people who believed themselves related by blood • 7 Cherokee clans • Blue clan • Long hair clan • Bird clan • Deer clan • Wolf clan • Wild Potato clan • Paint clan

  3. Tribal Clans • Each had its own symbols & traditions • No tribal clan was more important than another • Jealousy was rare • Tribal members wore different colored feathers at council meetings to determine what tribe they’re from

  4. Tribal Clan Wheel

  5. Government • Has two chiefs • One for making war and one for making decisions during peaceful times • Communities have council houses close to the stream • Council members met at stream before, during, and after meetings and purified themselves in the stream • Council members only met at the council house, and they represented each clan

  6. Government • Village was ruled by a headman • Assisted by a righthand man, a messenger, & a chief of sacrifice • Decisions made at the meeting were made by majority rules

  7. Diet • Fished and hunted animals • Main meat: deer • Hunted rabbit, squirrel, turkey, & small birds • Food roasted over open fire • Where barbeque originated • Spanish explorers also helped start it

  8. Barbecue

  9. Crops • Chief crop: corn (known as maize) • Ground into meal for bread • Used to make hominy • Squash • Pumpkins • Beans • Sunflowers • Main Fruit Tree: peach

  10. Food

  11. Housing • Built homes on high banks/hills along rivers/streams • Helped give them rich soil, water, fish for food, & a good place to defend themselves • Made from materials at hand • Framework of tree poles, then covered them with bark & woven vines • Covered this with mud to keep rain & cold out

  12. Housing • Inside: • Benches for sleeping & sitting • Woven mats, pottery, baskets, wooden utensils • Fires were built in the middle of dirt floors to heat entire dwelling • During summer, sides were open to let cool air in • During winter, sides were closed to keep heat in

  13. Housing • Cherokee also built log cabins for winter living • Fire ran inside, making smoky air, which Indians used to flush out the impurities from the pores of their skin • Council houses • Used for meetings and were larger versions of homes

  14. Homes

  15. Weapons • Bows & arrows and blowguns (game on land) • Fisherman: spears and fishing poles • Warriors: fired arrows, or used tomahawk or spear

  16. Tools • Stone adzes (hand axes for woodworking) • Flint knives for skinning animals • Wooden hoes for farming • Pots and baskets for storing corn

  17. Weapons

  18. Tools Flint knife Stone adze Wooden hoe

  19. Lifestyle • Mothers • Considered to be matrilineal • Many people from extended family can be living in the same home as you • Mothers brothers responsible for raising children • Parents were loving and caring, hardly ever strict (children can develop an inner sense of what’s right and wrong) • Mothers tended garden, prepared food, and sewed outfits for the different seasons • Made baskets and pottery containers used in everyday life

  20. Lifestyle • Fathers • Mothers tended garden, prepared food, and sewed outfits for the different seasons • Made baskets and pottery containers used in everyday life • Fathers were usually gone hunting or trading along the river

  21. Lifestyles • Children • Played games that helped them grow up • Hide and seek: Taught skills of searching & evading • Mud ball fights: Taught kids skills of combat and not to cry when hit hard • Wrestling: Meant to build strength and agility • Swimming • Wading

  22. Lifestyles • Boys • Learned to use a bow and arrow • Learned to fish • Played tug of war • Had foot races • Played stick ball and marbles

  23. Lifestyles • Girls • Learned to cook • Learned to tend small children • Played tag, chased rabbits, pick up shells from the river

  24. Clothing • Summer months • Adults wore little clothing • Small children didn’t wear clothes • Deerskins provided breechcloths for men and skirts for women • No one wore shoes

  25. Clothing • Winter months • Wore moccasins • Leggings from deerskin • Match-coats • Warm capes made from furs or feathers

  26. Religion • Three Worlds • Cherokee believed earth was a large island resting on the waters • Each tribe thought it was at the center of earth- “This World” • Above this world, was cleaner and purer- “Upper World” • Below the waters- “Under World”

  27. Religion • Cherokee believed This World was orderly and predictable • As long as people stayed pure and behaved themselves and kept nature in balance, spirits treated them nicely • Illness and bad luck came to people who misbehaved

  28. Religion • Believed in chief gods, ruler of sun and moon • Believed that some animals had special powers • Most honored: deer (only sacrificed for hunger) • Most important bird: eagle • Believed honesty is really important

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