A presentation about Cherokee Nation

1. ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ
or
Tsalagihi Ayeli
CHEROKEE NATION

2.  Native Americans who are original residents of the American
southeast region, particularly Georgia, North and South
Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
 Here is a map showing the location of the original Cherokee
territory.
CHEROKEE PEOPLE

3.  The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation
of Native American nations from southeastern parts of
the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
The removal included many members of the following tribes,
who did not wish to
assimilate: Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw,
and Choctaw nations, among others, from their homelands to
Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
 They were sent to Oklahoma.
TRAIL OF TEARS

4. TRAIL OF TEARS

5.  Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and
starvation on the route to their destinations. Many died,
including 2,000-6,000 of 16,542 relocated Cherokee.
TRAIL OF TEARS

8.  There are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: the
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the United Keetoowah Band in
Oklahoma, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North
Carolina.
 Other Cherokee communities in Alabama, Georgia, and other
states are considered unofficial by the US government.
 The Eastern Cherokee people live on a reservation. Indian
reservations are lands that belong to Native American tribes
and are under their control.
 Each Cherokee tribe has its own government, laws, police, and
services, just like a small country. However, Cherokee Indians
are also US citizens and must obey American law.
THREE MAIN CHEROKEE TRIBES

9. CHEROKEE NATION

10.  is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in
the United States. It was established in the 20th century, and
includes people descended from members of the old Cherokee
Nation who relocated from the Southeast due to increasing
pressure to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to
relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes
descendants of Cherokee Freedmen and Natchez Nation.
 Over 299,862 people are enrolled in the Cherokee Nation,
with 189,228 living within the state of Oklahoma.
 Headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation
has a tribal jurisdictional area spanning 14 counties in the
northeastern corner of Oklahoma.
CHEROKEE NATION

11. Wild potato clan
Wolf clan
Long hair clan
Eagle clan
Deer clan
Fish clan
Blue stone clan
The Cherokee cannot marry a person from
the clans of their mother and father!
CLANS

12.  women controlled property, such as their
dwellings, and their children were
considered born into their mother's clan,
where they gained hereditary status.
Advancement to leadership positions were
generally subject to approval by the women
elders.
 In addition, the society was matrifocal;
customarily, a married couple lived with or
near the woman's family, so she could be
aided by her female relatives. Her oldest
brother was a more important mentor to
her boys than was their father, who
belonged to another clan.
MATRILINEAL CULTURE

13.  The Cherokee speak a Southern Iroquoian language, which
is polysynthetic and is written in a syllabary invented
by Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏉᏯ). It contains 86 characters. Around
20000 people speak this language.
LANGUAGE

14.  Cherokee men
wore breechcloths and leggings.
 Cherokee women wore
wraparound skirts and poncho-
style blouses made out of woven
fiber or deerskin.
 The Cherokees
wore moccasins on their feet.
After colonization, Cherokee
Indians adapted European
costume into a characteristic
style, including long braided or
beaded jackets, cotton blouses
and full skirts decorated with
ribbon applique, feathered
turbans, and the calico tear
dress.
CLOTHES

16.  The Cherokees didn't wear long headdresses like
the Sioux. Cherokee men usually shaved their heads
except for a single scalplock. Sometimes they would
also wear a porcupine roach.
 Cherokee women always wore their hair long, cutting
it only in mourning for a family member. Men
decorated their faces and bodies with tribal tattoo
art and also painted themselves bright colors in
times of war. Unlike some tribes, Cherokee women
didn't paint themselves or wear tattoos, but they
often wore bead necklaces and copper armbands.
HAIR

17. Porcupine RoachScalplock

18.  The Cherokee Indians lived in
settled villages, usually located
near a river. Cherokee houses were
made of rivercane and mud, with
thatched roofs. These dwellings
were about as strong and warm as
log cabins.
 The Cherokees also built larger
seven-sided buildings for
ceremonial purposes, and each
village usually had a ball field with
benches for spectators. Many
Cherokee villages had
palisades (reinforced walls) around
them for protection.
HOUSES

23. Hunting (esp.
deers)
 pipe
carving,
River cane
baskets,
gourd art,
and
pottery.
OCCUPATIONS

26.  The Cherokees were farming people. Cherokee women
harvested crops of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers.
 They also gathered berries, nuts and fruit to eat.
 Cherokee men hunted deer, wild turkeys, and small game and
fished in the rivers. Cherokee foods included cornbread,
soups, and stews cooked on stone hearths.
FOOD

27.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_CP3I9GNEc
CHEROKEE HERITAGE CENTER