The Cherokee lived in the southeastern United States along river valleys, with populations of 350-650 people per village and a total of around 300,000 Cherokee. They practiced agriculture, growing crops like corn, beans, and pumpkins. Men hunted deer, bears, and moose while women wove clothes from animal skins and crafted pottery. The Cherokee society was matriarchal and they had both a white chief for peace matters and a red chief for war. They spoke the Iroquoian Cherokee language as well as English by the 19th century. Music was an important part of ceremonies and celebrations, featuring drums, flutes, and other woodwind instruments.

1. THE CHEROKEE
• The CHEROKEE were called yourself like “the
people of the principle”.
• The word “CHEROKEE”comes like “the person
were lived in the mountains or caves”

2. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
The Cherokees lives in the south of
U.S.A but some people said The
Cherokee comes for the north of
Mexico and Texas.

3. POPULATION
They lives in settlements along the
river, The population of the Villages are
beetwen 350 or 650 people.
The total population was 300,000
people

4. ROUTINES
The man cultivate corn, beans and
pumpkins, they hunts bears, deer
and mooses and they dedicate to the
intensive agriculture, and make the
shoes. The girls wove clothes with
the animal skin and they do bowls
and jugs mades with ceramic.

5. EDUCATION
The society is matriarchal and
they are a spirit persons. The
authority was well organized,the
CHEROKEE have a white
boss(peace) and a red boss(war)
but they want keep the peace

6. LANGUAGES
They speak some native languages and
english, the cherokees language is
iroquesa. The laguage have 9
consonant and 6 vocals.

7. FOOD
They haves much harvests of corn,
beans, pumpkin and sunflower. the
families haves their cultivation in
their gardens. They eats
berries,dry fruits and fresh fruits.
they roast in the campfire. They
makes soups, bread , fish,and the
turtle meat

8. MUSIC
The music is melodic, spiritual and relaxing.
They use drums, flutesand whistles makes
with wood.they makes guitars and harp

9. FREE TIME
Two the cherokee ceremonies are:
Green corn ceremony :the
ceremony done when the corn is
mature, they light fire for seven day
The big ceremony of the new moon
october:they celebrate a new year
,they dance,listen music and this
mean depuration process

10. PRESENT
In the cent XIX ,they
adapted to occident
culture
(institutions,economy),
they learn
english,write,read but
some cherokees still
practice his mores and
rituals