1 / 10

The Cherokee Tribe

The Cherokee Tribe. Created by: Cher Lovestrand. Where They Lived, Past and Present. Before 1838- a large area that includes present day Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia. After 1838- The Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, OK

tabib
Download Presentation

The Cherokee Tribe

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Cherokee Tribe Created by: Cher Lovestrand

  2. Where They Lived, Past and Present • Before 1838- a large area that includes present day Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia. • After 1838- The Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, OK • The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Tahlequah, OK • The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, in Cherokee, North Carolina

  3. Shelter • Cherokee families typically had two dwellings: rectangular summer houses with cane and clay walls and bark or thatch roofs, and cone-shaped winter houses with pole frames and brushwork covered by mud or clay.

  4. Clothing The Cherokee wore clothing and moccasins made from animal skins before the Europeans introduced cloth to the tribe. Men Women Traditional- Blouses made from deer hide or cloth and wraparound skirts Today- tear dress • Traditional- Leggings and breechcloth • Today- Ribbon shirts

  5. Food • The “Three Sisters” were corn, beans, and squash • Deer and turkey • Non-poisonous plants and roots that came from the forest • Berries, potatoes, pumpkin, fish

  6. Weapons and Tools • Fishermen used spears and fishing poles. • Hunters used bows and arrows or blowguns to shoot game. • Warriors fought with bows and arrows, tomahawks, and spears. • Flint knives and scrapers were used to skin animal hides. • Wooden hoes were used to farm.

  7. Art • Double wall basketry • Clay pottery • Gourd items • River Cane

  8. Music • The water drum- A pot or kettle with a skin stretched over the top of it. Some water is placed inside before playing. • The River Cane flute- A foot long flute with 6 holes. • Trumpets- Often made from buffalo horns or long neck gourds. Conch shells were used in very early times. • Rattles- Turtle shells are used for ceremonial rattles. Men had a single rattle to be held in the hand , and women wore turtle shell shackles on their legs. Ceremonial hand rattles were sometimes made from gourds, as well.

  9. Sequoyah • Sequoyah introduced the Cherokee people to a syllabary that he created. • Syllabary is a form of writing that uses symbols to represent sounds.

  10. SpeakingCherokee • Hello= “o-si-yo” (sounds like: oh-see-yoh) • Goodbye= “do-na-da-go-hv-I” (sounds like: doe nah dah go huh ee) • Please= “u-do-hi-yu-I” (sounds like: ooh doe he you ee) • Thank you= “wa-do” (sounds like: wah-doe)

More Related