The Cherokee Nation originally covered large areas of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. They had lived there for around 1,000 years before Columbus arrived in America. The Cherokee followed traditions of hunting deer, bear and other game. They grew the three sisters - corn, beans, and squash. Cherokee society had distinct gender roles, with women controlling the home and fields while men hunted and were warriors. The Cherokee also enjoyed games, dances and storytelling.

1. CHEROKEE
CULTURE
world history 9thgrade

2. THE CHEROKEE NATION
● COVERED A LARGE LAND AREA IN TENN., NORTH
CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA.
– IT IS BELIEVED THE CHEROKEE MIGRATED SOUTH
ALONG
WHAT IS NOW THE APPLACHIAN TRAIL.
– THE CHEROKEE LIVED IN THIS LAND
FOR ALMOST
A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED
AMERICA .

3. LAND MARKS
● THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER WAS
THE BORDER OF THE CHEROKEE
NATION TO THE EAST.
– OGLETHORPE IS ONE OF THE
SOUTHERN MOST MOUTIANS ON THE
BLUE RIDGE AND WHERE THE
APPALACHIAN TRAIL BEGINS.

4. Lents Inc. “Chattahoochee River Map.” Chattahoochee Sherpa Guides Unknown Date http:www.sherpaguides.com
{ http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/chattahoochee/index.html}

5. CH ROK E L DGE
E E E ND
● CHEROKEE LEDGEND TELLS HOW THERE
LAND WAS CREATED.
– The earth was once completely covered in water
– It then dried up and became mud
– The Great Buzzard, father of buzzards flew over the
mud trying to find a place to live.
– When he grew tired he flew to low and his wings hit
the soft mud.
– The valleys were created wherever his wings hit and
when he raised his wings he created mountains

6. Strickler, Lon. “Legend of the Moon Eyed People.” Moon Eyes Legend of the Moon-Eyed People 23, July 2011.
Phathoms and Monsters http:wwwhttp://naturalplane.blogspot.com.
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7. Legends
●
The Moon-eyed Men
– People who came to there country in long ago times
– They had blond hair and blue eyes
– Possible that the moon-eyed men were descendants
of legendary Welshman named Madoc
●
He sailed from British Isles about A.D. 1170
●
The Cherokee drove the moon-eyed men into the
West and they were heard of no more.

8. Cherokee Food
●
Fruit: huckleberries, blackberries, strawberries,
persimmons, crab apples, grapes, and cherries
●
Nuts: hickory nuts, black walnuts, chestnuts, and
acorns.
●
M eat: buffalo, elk, deer, bear, rabbit, squirrel,
groundhog, raccoon, fish, and mussels
● The remains of animals such as fur, skin, and bones
were used for clothing and tools.
● Snapping turtles shells were used for canteens.

9. Greene, Miles & Kennth. “Deer-Bear Collage.” Deer/Bear 2006. http:www. Seatcoverman.com
http://www.seatcoverman.com/photos.html

10. Wynn, Marilyn Angel. “Three-Sisters, Corn, Beans, and Squash”http://www.nativestock.com. 2007

11. Cherokee Men
● Cherokee Men were fierce warriors
● The road together in war party’s fighting
against the Iroquois, Chickasaws, Creek, and
Shawnee.
● They were also great hunters they followed the
bear, deer, and mountain loin
● They hunted with bows, arrows, and stone
tipped spears
● Men did the heavy work cutting trees and digging
● out canoes.
● They men made arrowheads, and knives
●
The war chief of every Cherokee Village was always a man.

12. Cherokee Women
● The Cherokee woman was treated
with the most respect.
● The mother headed each family.
● All children were members of the mothers family.
● If the father died the mothers brother or uncle hunted
the food for the family.
● There was always a peace chief in the Cherokee
nation and she was always a woman.
● The women were also the doctor or medicine woman

13. ● Woman prepared the food and made the clothing.
● All animals were skinned, cleaned, and cut into
small pieces by the women.
● Basket-making was a specialty of the Cherokee
women.
● Woman made there own cooking pots out of clay
from the creek bank.
● Mothers and daughters worked together digging
and planting crops.
● The three essential crops in the Cherokee nation
were corn, beans, an squash

14. GAMES
● The Cherokee also liked to have fun.
– They played a rough Cherokee ball game.
– Had many dances
● The Green Corn Dance: asked God to make the corn
grow thick, tall, and fruitful
● War Dances: held before parties went out against
enemy villages.
● The Booger Dance: men would exchange clothes and
put on grotesque mask carved from buck-eyed
wood.
– Then danced around the fire at night and children had to
guess who they were
– Children listen to stories in the winter of past culture.

15. ● Remillard, Art. “Anetso The Cherokee Ball Game.”Cherokee Players Religion in American History. A Group Blog on

16. Resource for information
● Bealer, Alex. Only the Names Remain. The
Cherokees and The Trail of Tears. Little Brown
Books for Young Readers. 1996.