My school project. I have worked so hard on it. This is a sneak peak before I done.

1. Katrina Kirkes
Hum 2143
Prof. J.P. Johnson

2.  History
 The mountains
 Society
 Religion
 Other Gods
 The Little People
 Summery
 The myth
 They myth part 2
 The Bear Song
 What the myth meant to the Cherokee
 Works Cited
 Questions ?

3.  Muskogee word meaning
'speakers of another
language.'
 Hernando De soto
expedition made the first
European contact in 1540.
 Juan Pardo revisited the
area in 1566.
 It wasn't until the Virginia
settlement in 1609
 the government moved
them in 1838.
 Where 4,000 Cherokee
died in the “trail Of
Tears”.

4.  Archaeologist place
Smokey mountains from
Tennessee to North
Carolina.
 The name of this village is
Kituwah.
 It was a good climate to
plant the wild potato.
 You can see the small
village today
 Many water sources
 Very cold winters
 Heavy snows in winter

5.  14 original clans
 the Deer, Wolf, Wild
Potato, Paint, Bird, Long
Hair, Blue Clans.
 Each clan had there own
village
 culture
 flag and colors
 Masks
 Natural Element
 Membership is through the
mother
 Marriage was outside clan

6. The Bear Clan
 Green
 Plant
 Mask
 Wild potato
 Wild Savannah
 Earth
 Bear
 Raccoons
 Between the Wolf and Deer
 Different wedding
Ceremony

7.  Born George Gist
 Hunting accident
 Name Sequoyah which means
"pig's foot" in Cherokee.
 Married a Cherokee woman
 War of 1812
 Cherokee writing system in 1809
 86 symbols
 1821 Tribe leaders
 1824 Got award
 1843 Died
 Grave is unknown
 Giant redwood trees

8.  The clan was most important
 They shared everything
 The men were always gone
 The women ruled the village
 They play a game called
stick ball.
 They built simple homes
 Trade became important
 Villages had two chiefs: a
"white" times of peace and a
"red" chief who lead in times
of war.
 Grandma had their council
and could punish

9.  There main God was
Yowa
 Great Sky Spirit
 4 and 7
 4 is the cardinal
 7 highest level
 The upper level
 The lower level
 The center where we
leave
 There are 7 heavens
 There priest are called Unu

10.  Sint Holo:A horned serpent
 Tsul 'Kalu: Spirit of the Hunt
 Oonawieh Unggi ("the oldest
wind"): Spirit of the Wind
 Kana'ti ("The Lucky Hunter"):
The Great Hunter
 Selu ("maize"): The Corn
Woman
 Nûñnë'hï: The Spirit People
 Little people
 Medicine men and women
 Priest and Priestess

11.  harmony with nature
 Three Different Kinds
 The Laurel People
 the Rock People
 the Dogwood People
 They have different skin colors
 Rock People are the mean ones
 Laurel People play tricks and are
generally mischievous
 Dogwood People are simple
 They are in many myths
 They are helpers
 They Can be Tricksters

12.  4 to 7 feet from nose to tail,
 It has small eyes, rounded ears, a
long snout, a large body, a short
tail, and shaggy hair.
 It differs from grizzly bears in
being smaller with a smaller
shoulder hump.
 They only stay with their young for
16 months
 They mate in the spring
 They sleep all winter
 Very common in the mountain
area.
 Very popular in myth and folklore
 Highly studied by the Cherokee

14.  Starts out with a little boy
 Mom and Dad become worried
 Son stays out all day
 Father yells at son, son don’t care
 Got up early to watch son leave
 Asked “where are you going?”
 Son “ I have plenty to eat in the forest.”
 “ I have peace. It is beautiful there. It is
quiet”.
 Parents said please stay home
 We will be quiet.
 The son still said no.
 “ I must go into the woods and stay
there all day.”
 He was already beginning to be
different.

15.  The son told them in the forest there
was plenty to eat and they did not have
to work for it.
 He told them they would have to fast
for 7 days.
 They told the elders
 Here we work hard and go hungry
 So all they people in the tribe fasted
for 7 days
 Left for the woods, others had heard
 They told them they are to become the
yanu(bears)
 If they should get hungry and hunt
them
 For there would always be many
 To use the bear song and they would
come.

16.  He-e! Ani'-Tsâ'gûhï, Ani'-
Tsâ'gûhï, akwandu'li e'lanti'
ginûn'ti,
Ani'-Tsâ'gûhï, Ani'-
Tsâ'gûhï, akwandu'li e'lanti'
ginûn'ti--Yû!
 I want to lay them low on the
ground,
I want to lay them low on the
ground.
 The hunters will fast in the
morning
 Not eat until evening
 They bury the bones and fur
 So they can go back into the forest.

17.  The Myth uses the number 7
 Talks about how close the family
ties are
 Shows there belief in clan ties
 We are all one
 We are all apart of nature
 That Yowa is connected to all