...mountains, caves, and rivers all carry some kind of symbolic meanings and purposes relating to their culture understanding. For instance, the Yaqui tribe is known to perform deer songs and dances, a central ritual within their culture, that allows them to spiritually be, live, connect or communicate with one’s universe (Evers and Molina). Whereas for another tribe, such as the Tewa, perform their own unique rituals. The Cherokee tribe is one of the many indigenous tribes in North America that have been shaped by their local landscape and history. Like every American Indian tribe, the Cherokee consists of many different cultural worldviews, traditions, and beliefs that brought them to express their culture in their own way. In this paper, I will present several important beliefs, ceremonies, and history event that took a great part in their culture shape. The Cherokee society is originally from the southeastern areas of the United States. They claim most territories among the mountains surrounding Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The Cherokee nation is most recognized...
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...Bilal Daoudi Professor: Mr. David Carter Class: ENG111 123A FA13 Date: 09/11/13 The Cherokee Tribes During a recent trip to Lake Lure in western North Carolina, I was taking a boat ride with my fiancée and her family and we were sharing many stories. When her mother, Martha, tried to show us the Great Smoky Mountains on the west side, she mentioned the Cherokee tribes where her ancestors used to live as the Native Americans who inhabited North America before the settlers came from Europe. After we finished that wonderful ride, I scheduled another meeting weeks later to talk more with Layla, my fiancée, about her origins and the Cherokee. Layla Sawyer said, “There are three federally recognized tribes today: the Eastern Band of Cherokees, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. I trace part of my ancestry back to the Eastern Band of Cherokees, although I’m not a member.” The Eastern Band of Cherokees are scattered throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. However, her family has roots in Cherokee NC. The Cherokee Nation and UKB are located in Oklahoma and Arkansas. They were originally part of the same larger body of Cherokees who were settled in the mountains of southeastern North America but in 1838 the federal government forced the Cherokees to leave their lands in Southeastern US and relocate to Oklahoma. This was known as the ‘Trail of Tears’ in which thousands of Cherokees were forced...
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...Native Americans: Cherokee Are you or someone you know related to the Native American Tribe: Cherokee? There is a great chance that you yourself or someone you know is related to the Cherokee people in some way. The Cherokee people have a long history in the United States. They are believed to have been living here thousands of years before anyone even journeyed to North America. Despite their rough history the Cherokee Native American Tribe has stayed strong through their culture, Traditions, and way of life. The Cherokee Native American Tribe have a long, rough history starting all the way back to when they contacted with the Europeans back in the 16th century. Although they have a rough history, the Cherokee Native Americans have been...
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...THE CHEROKEE INDIANS Richard T. McLamb Jr. American InterContinental University Abstract The following pages will talk about the Cherokee Indian Tribe. It will talk about some of the events that occurred before the first Americans arrived from Europe. I will also talk about things that happened to the tribe after the fact of the Americans arriving. It talks about some of the events that involved the Americans push for more land and the effect it had on the Cherokee. It also tells of one historical figure of the Cherokee Tribe’s history. The Cherokee Indians are still known to this day of being the strongest tribe in America. They have survived several things in America’s history. There is research that finds the Cherokee originated in the North but they were found in the whole mountain region of the south Alleghenies, in southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and South Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River when they were first encountered by De Soto in 1540 (Cherokee Indian Tribe, 2011). This tribe was said to have broken off of their Iroquoian family. In 1736, the Jesuit Priber started the first mission among them, and was trying to organize their government to be more on a civilized basis (Cherokee Indian Tribe, 2011). In 1759 to 1794, the Cherokee joined with the English against the Americans to try and stop their push against taking the Indian’s land and possessions. During this time they traveled...
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...The Cherokee Nation: Individualism, Collectivism, Power, and Quality of Life Individualism/Collectivism “In the beginning there was no land; just water and the sky. The animals lived above the solid rock vault that formed the sky, but they were very crowded”(Perdue, 2007). This is the introduction of the Cherokee people’s birth and come to being on this earth. Like our tale of Adam and Eve, the Cherokee also had their version of it and their people were named Kana’ti and Selu. They had both lived in a paradise that was created for them, but had a flaw of wanting more and thus were cast out of their own Garden of Eden. When the original Cherokee people were cast out of their paradise they found themselves having to hunt and harvest their food. They developed methods to help kill the bigger animals and trounce on the smaller ones with little to no regard for their lives. The story goes on to tell that the Cherokee people began to get sick from the animals they were eating and their harvest were not growing the way they intended either. The animals were punishing the humans for not respecting their right to live along side with them. The Cherokee soon realized that they must perform rituals to avoid the diseases, give thanks to the animals and land for what they used, and that is when they began to understand the importance of respect for all living things and not dominion over them (Perdue, 2007). Cherokee’s today believe that they are one with their environment...
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...| The Cherokee Tribe “The Principal People” | HIST105 | | Christy Price | 2/10/2013 | | The Cherokee Tribe “The Principal People” The word Cherokee, which is pronounced CHAIR-uh-kee, comes from a Muskogee word meaning ‘speakers of another language’. Cherokee Indians, pronounced Tsalagi in their own language, originally called themselves Aniyunwiya, "the principal people," but today they accept the name Cherokee. There are 350,000 Cherokee people that still exist today, mostly living in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Most Cherokee do speak English but there are still 20,000 that also speak their native Cherokee Indian language. The Cherokees were peaceful allies of the Americans and the white settlers called the Cherokee, as well as, the Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole “The Five Civilized Tribes”, probably because these tribes were early converts to Christianity. The five tribes never considered themselves part of an alliance and did not call themselves the Civilized Tribes in their own languages. The Cherokee Indians adopted the customs, laws and religion of the white settlers and many became prosperous merchants, traders, teachers, writers and tribal statesmen. The Cherokees were one of the largest Native American tribes who settled in the American Southeast portion of the country. The Cherokee Tribe “The Principal People” "The Principle People", as they were sometimes called, originated with seven brothers in eastern Asia, from which came the...
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...The Cherokee People Nicole Chappell February 10, 2013 The Cherokee People A Native American tribe that resided within the continental United States at the time of first European contact was the Cherokee Indians. They are still around today and better known as The Eastern Band of Cherokees. They had a very unique and creative culture. Although they weren’t very educated and George Guess didn’t finish his development of their own written language until the early 1820s they were fantastic at everything they did in order to survive off of the nature of the land. Major events like the hidden enemy and the “trail of tears” is what demolished most of the original Native American Cherokee Indians. Since The Cherokees were discovered by European settlers when they thought they found what they considered “The new land” it is unsure of their settlement date. However, there are certain artifacts that were discovered that does place them approximately 11,000 years before the first European settlers. Archaeologists tell us that American Indians may have been on the North American continent for fifty thousand years (Kincheloe, J. 2005). The Cherokees were great explorers, hunters, farmers and artisans. They learned quickly to adapt to new and very different climates such as dessert, forest, prairies, and along the ocean. The men used bows and arrows to hunt deer, turkey and small game. The men also used spears and fishing poles to catch fish. The women did the farming...
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...A large amount of the eastern United States is taken up by a tribe called the Cherokee. They would call themselves calaki, which was used as a Lower Cherokee dialect. It was estimated that there was about 30,000 Cherokee members in the year 1540. In the 1800, the Cherokee lived in many town in these states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In 1838, most Cherokees were forced to move from their homelands and move to an Indian Territory, this was later known as the Western Cherokee. Some of these people escaped from being forced to leave and survived in North Carolina, which made up the Eastern Cherokee. The Cherokee people took up most of the Piedmont and southern Appalachian Mountains. These lands contained hardwood forests and also rivers and streams. With this mixture of forests and rivers, makes a perfect habitat for many different animals like, bears, deer, turkeys, and also good for fishing. The Cherokees face decent winters and warm, humid summers. It...
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...II – The Cherokee Nation in the Golden Age a) Employment opportunity The statistics show that the Cherokees were truly entering a “Golden Age” of economic and social development in the 1900’s. As evidence, many positive factors may be cited like employment opportunity, housing and construction, educational and cultural activities, and social welfare. About the first one, the Cherokees created the prideful Tsa-La-Gi Cultural Center which gave seasonal jobs to some 150 people each year, of whom eighty per cent were Cherokees. In the same way, the Neighborhood Youth Corps program has provided jobs for more than 3,000 young Cherokees. Cherokee Nation Industries has also had phenomenal growth and success. This company employed approximately 180...
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...The Cherokee Rose symbolizes a tough time that the Cherokee tribe went through. The white men had invaded their land and the Cherokee were forced to evacuate. Throughout their journey they faced many difficulties and setbacks. Children and adults were dying. They had no proper clothing or food. Many were in a state of bad health. Apart from all the problems, the Cherokee Rose was left behind as a mark of the great obstacles they had overcome. The year was 1898 and the white men were on the hunt for gold in the East. The only thing in their way was the Cherokee Tribe. In order for their gold expedition to go on they forced the Cherokee to move to the West. Being overpowered and outnumbered the Cherokee evacuated and started their...
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...The Cherokee Indian Tribe was one of the biggest tribes out of five of the Native American tribes who made there home in the southern part of America. The Cherokee tribe originally came from the Iroquoian descent. Later on, they settled closer to the east. The Cherokee Tribe was known to live in cabins made of logs instead of the traditional house of an Indian known as a teepee. The Cherokees were very religious and spiritual. When the American Revolution occurred, the tribe took the British soldiers side. They even helped them fight in battle in many attacks. In the 1800’s, the Cherokee Tribe began to accept the culture of the white men. The tribe changed their wardrobe to a more European style and switched to many of their agriculture...
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...The Cherokee Indians were one of the largest Native American Tribes in the United States. They were considered one of the most civilized tribes in the United States. The tribe was located in the southeastern part of the of the U.S. They were also found in parts of North and South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama, southwest Virginia, and the Cumberland Basin of Tennessee and Kentucky.(tolatsga.org) The tribe had descended from the Iroquoians, but the Cherokees differed significantly from other Iroquoian languages. The seven major clans were Long Hair, Blue, Wolf, Wild Potato, Deer, Bird, and Paint. The Long Hair clas was known as a peaceful clan and ofen took in prisoners of war and orphans. The Blue clan was considered the oldest clan...
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...Luis Thompson ANTH 252 Doctor Hemphill Yokuts v. Cherokee I. Introduction This paper is a basic introduction to two native North American tribes; the Yokuts of the California cultural area and the Cherokee of the Southeast cultural area. First I we will delve in to the general backgrounds of these two tribes, followed by an in depth examination of Religious beliefs practiced by each tribe, as well as the Life cycle rituals of the Yokuts and Cherokee. Directly proceeding this we will then contrast the former in depth examinations with that of the Tlingit tribe who resided in the Northwest culture area and also we will contrast The Yokuts and the Cherokee with the Zuni tribe who reside in the Southwest cultural area. General Background: Yokuts The Yokut tribe is a group of native North Americans found in the California culture area. The Yokut tribe inhabited the San Joaquin Valley of California. The Yokut tribe has been broken up into three main groups based on the area that their territory encompassed. The are the Northern Valley Yokuts who inhabited the region beginning in the northern most San Joaquin valley, present day Stockton, to the area where the San Joaquin Valley turns northward toward the Calaveras and Mokelumne rivers, or present day Modesto. The Next division is known as The Southern Valley Yokuts. This group of Yokuts lived in the Southern San Joaquin Valley from the upper forks of the Kings River, present day ...
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...The Cherokee people are derived from the region of the country within the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. They have claims to homelands within the states of West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky. These states have river Valleys, mountains and swamp with a climate that was hot and humid in the summer and mild in the winter. The main point of the homeland being the Blue Ridge which is sometimes applied solely to the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains, the geological definition of the Blue Ridge province spreads westward to the Ridge and Valley area; The Blue Ridge encompasses also far north as Pennsylvania. The blue Ridge is also contained with the greater Smoky Mountains. They did have access to many unique foods that would go onto to change the basis of their cooking which in turn changes their culture. Food is a main aspect of culture that you cannot unentwined from each other. Any pre-contact culture that the Cherokee would have had would have been solely based on their access to different types of foods, and how that access lead to the establishment of culture through the easy access to said foods. This culture was put to the test when the Indian Removal act was passed after gold...
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...A Cherokee finds herself in Oklahoma I am a Cherokee woman my name is Lily, my family and I lived in harmony and peace with the white settlers. Some of them want to live in peace and some just do not accept us. There are White settlers that want to steal our land. My ancestors have been here for many years. Long before these white men ever came over to this land, so why are they trying to take our land away from us? In my land of what they call the State of Georgia, their government refused to accept our Cherokee government. They think there is something they call gold on our land, and that Georgia passed a law to make us give up our land so they could have all the gold in the rivers. It seems that the gold was more desirable to the white settlers than our lives. Mr. Jackson wanted to remove us off the land because he says it’s highly valuable. Maybe, if they had asked we could have shared it. We are not the savages they think we are. Our people did not want to lose this land! We took our case to the government and their court and fought for our land. It did not do much as there were only white people there and most of them will not let us keep our land or they would not have the power to help us. We have our own government so John Ridge and Andrew Jackson had to both make a deal for our land, but it did not go exactly as they said it would. This gave Americans exactly what they had wanted from the Indians. Because they didn’t really have a say over the authority...
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