The Cherokees - pgs. 95-96

1. The Cherokees - pgs. 95-96

2. Where did they live? • The Cherokees made their homes in the rich river valleys of the southern Appalachian Mountains.

3. What did they grow? • They grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, and tobacco. • They also gathered wild plants from the forest. What did they hunt? • They hunted squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, bears, and deer. • They fished in the many streams and rivers in the Appalachian Mountains.

4. A Cherokee Home • Most Cherokee families had two houses. small Winter House Cone-shaped Box-shaped large Covered with earth Summer House Bark roof Grass or clay walls

5. Winter House

6. Summer House

7. Cherokee Villages • Several families of the same clan lived together. • Cherokee houses – often as many as 300 to 400 – were built close together to form villages. • At the center of each village was a temple built on a high, flat-topped mound.

8. Cherokee Government • Leaders, called chiefs, governed each village. • Each village was part of a larger confederation. • A confederation was a group of connected villages. • A confederation could have as many as 100 villages.

9. War ! • One of the most talked about issues in the confederation was war. • Most villages had high wooden fences made of logs to keep out enemies.