The CherokeesVanessa Blinn, 10/14/09, period 4

About the Cherokees

• The name of my tribe is the Cherokees.

• They are a Native American tribe from the southeastern United States.

• Cherokees is pronounced chair-uh-keys

• En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokees

Organization• The are three recognized Cherokees tribes.

• -The Cherokee nation of Oklahoma.

• -The United Keetoowah Band in Oklahoma

• -The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina

• Eastern Cherokee people live on reservations.

• Oklahoma Cherokee people live on trust land.

• Keetoowah Cherokee people don’t have a land.

• http://www.bigorrin.org/cherokee_kids.htm

Language They Speak.

• Most speak English, but some speak Cherokee Indian Language.

• http://www.bigorrin.org/cherokee_kids.htm

Past Culture• Cherokee’s main weapon was the arrowhead which they made

from different kinds of stones, but they considered flint the best stone.

• The Cherokees had a Miss Cherokee and which she served as the goodwill ambassador for the tribe.

• Medicine people for the Cherokee travel to the rock caves to meet with the Little People and share in their secrets.

» http://www.cherokee.org/Culture/General/Cat/Default.aspx

Cherokees Peoples’ Rules and

Religion.• The Cherokees had an even separation between the men and

women.

• Cherokee men had the jobs of hunting, war, and diplomacy.

• Cherokee women had the job of farming, property, and family.

• http://www.bigorrin.org/cherokee_kids.htm

The Tribe’s Character

• The Cherokees were considered peaceful and helpful in many ways.

• http://intertribal.net/NAT/Cherokee/WebPgCC1/CC1home.htm

Additional Facts

• Cherokee men wore breechcloths and leggings and Cherokee women wore wraparound skirts and poncho-style blouses made out of deerskin.

• The Cherokees built their own long dugout canoes from logs.

• http://www.bigorrin.org/cherokee_kids.htm