The Cherokee Native Americans

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The Cherokees had many different games but stickball was the main one. Lacrosse is a sport played all over the world and lacrosse is a newer version of stick ball. The ball used was soft and light and stitched together and played with until it gets broken or lost and Cherokee people of any age could play but you would see children playing the most often. Another game that was commonly played among the Cherokee children was called dart through a moving hoop. If you made the dart through the hoop you get a point. It was the second most popular game for Cherokee children and easy and simple to play.&nbsp; These are two different games the Cherokee people played.

The appalachain mouaintains are the second largest mouaintains in the united states.

Measles is a desise it is contagous and it causes a rash and dry skin

A moccasin is a shoe made from leather and animal skins.

Giving something of yours to something or somebody else

a ponco is a thick woven cloth it is very long and originally from south america.

Smallpox is an infection and it is contagious sort of like covid. 

Spirits the tribes believed brought them Corn Beans and Squash.

Cherokees were good farmers, hunters and gatherers who had a variety of foods to eat. The Cherokees gathered wild greens. Some of the greens include most plants that had food on them, apples if they could find them and sometimes oranges. The Cherokee tribe also gathered berries. Most commonly they found blueberries, strawberries and raspberries. The last thing they gathered was nuts. The nuts they gathered were almonds and hickory nuts because they had thinner shells and more food inside the nut. The Cherokee hunted lots of different things. The best according to the Cherokee and the most resourceful of the animals was the bear. They believe this because it had warm fur and had lots of meat. The second thing the Cherokee hunted was the turkey. The turkey was a mostly healthy meal for the Cherokee and it tasted very good. The last meal the Cherokee hunted was fish. Fish was the hardest for the Cherokee to hunt because fish could go faster than the Cherokee canoes but one thing they had for an advantage was skill because they did it all the time and they were very precise. The Cherokee tribe had many things they farmed. The main food was corn and corn was part of the three sisters. It was a good food source. The next thing was squash. squash was also the second part of the three sisters and was a food Cherokees used in ceremonies pretty often. The last thing the Cherokees farmed was beans. Beans were the final part of the three sisters and was one of the most common cherokee foods. These are the things the Cherokee tribe most commonly ate.

Cherokees had many different types of clothing. Men and women wore almost completely different outfits. Men had tattoo art and shaved their heads. The men also wore breech cloth legging and porcupine skin shirts. But women wore poncho style dresses and also kept their hair long and never cut it unless a family member died. Cherokees also had things that both men and women wore including moccasins on their feet and art all over their body in times of war and the red chief would always get painted first. These are the different types of Cherokee clothing.

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My name is Drew Hamlin I am 11 years old and I live with my brother Evan my sister Erin my mom and my dad I also have a dog named Harley and he is 1 year old. in my free time I like to go outside with my friends and play baseball.

I chose this tribe because I thought it would be fun to learn about the cherokee tribe because my aunt is part cherokee and because I knew this tribe had very unique things about them that other tribes didn't.

The Cherokee tribe is in the middle of many states. The states it is in are part of Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. This tribe is part of the southeastern woodlands. But the Cherokees are currently located in Oklahoma. Some of the most important waterways include the Savannah river and little Tennessee river. The only huge land feature was the Appalachian mountains other than that the land was mostly flat and had some hills. The climate of the location is very cold in winter and very hot in the summer so spring and fall is a very comfortable time for the Cherokee tribe. These things made this region a great place for the Cherokee tribe.

The Cherokee tribe has a very unique goverment. The part of the government Cherokees used least is the red government. The red government would be used in times of war. Although the red government ruled the village for the least amount of time they had the most jobs. Here are a couple of examples: the red government took care of trade war negotiations and outsiders. The second type of Cherokee government is the white government. The white government is the peace government. The white government was used after the red government to help keep things calm. The one other time the white government was used is for ceremonies. Ceremonies were very important and that is the white government's second job. The Cherokee tribe also had a council. This council was used the most out of all three governments the council would have meetings almost every night and met in the biggest house in the Cherokee village. In the council house weapons were not allowed. The council was a combination of the most important people in the village and included some people in the red government and others in the white government&nbsp;&nbsp; These are the three different Cherokee governments.

The Cherokee tribe had different houses for different seasons. The Cherokee summer house was called a sweat house. One thing the Cherokee tribe did in the sweat house is separate the house into two sections. The front half of the home was for living. The back half of the house was for the possessions. Cherokee sweat houses can be from one to two stories high and look similar to cabins now.&nbsp; The second Cherokee house was a winter house. The winter house was called an Asi an Asi is a large rock with a hole the hole was like a front door the front door was always facing west to see the sunrise. The Asi roof could be up to seven inches thick. The Asi was a very warm house and was mostly underground and protected the cherokees from harsh weather. The Asi was the most sturdy Cherokee house.&nbsp; The Cherokee villages were very large. There are normally 30-60 homes per village and about 200 people would live in a Village at a time. These are the different types of Cherokee homes.

The Cherokee tribe is very unique and has many special things within the tribe. One unique thing about the Cherokee is that they are currently the largest tribe in the United States today and the largest tribe since the 1500s. The Cherokees also have a flag. Although many other tribes have flags, the Cherokee flag is different from every other flag. Another thing the Cherokees had that was unique from other tribes is their enemies the Cherokees had three different enemies the Iroquoi tribe, the Delaware tribe and the Chickasaw tribe. But the Cherokees are friends with the Shawnee tribe. &nbsp;These are unique things about the Cherokee tribe.

The Cherokee tribe used their tools three different ways. The first thing they used their tools for is weapons. The main weapon the Cherokee used is spears. The Cherokee did not fight alot but they stayed safe they hung weapons on their walls for protection. Some of the weapons they hung include bows, arrows, and spears. Hunting was important for the Cherokee because the villages were big. Some of the weapons they used for hunting included bows and knives. They used these tools because a bow can kill many things including deer, elk, turkey and bear. The Cherokee used the knives to skin the animals with warm fur for clothes. They also used the knife for small game like rabbit and squirrel.&nbsp; Cherokees had lots of defencive tools. The main ones they used are shields and bone helmets or sometimes stronger rocks or metals. These are the three ways Cherokee used their tools.

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&nbsp; Did you know that the Cherokee tribe is currently the largest tribe in the United states? The Cherokees have around 390,000 citizens. Currently the Cherokee tribe lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma the Cherokees ended up in Oklahoma because they were on the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee tribe is currently the largest in the United states.

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By Drew

The Europeans had a big impact on the Cherokee tribe. After Europeans came to the Cherokees 90-95% of the Cherokee died from disease including smallpox, measles and syphilis. The Europeans destroyed many Cherokee villages. And many of the Cherokee people died while the Europeans were there the Cherokee tribe had very unfriendly visits with the Europeans. The Cherokee tribe is the largest native american tribe in the whole country. The Europeans forced the Cherokee tribe on the trail of tears. The Cherokees had to go to Tahlequah Oklahoma. On the trail of tears the Cherokee tribe had to take what they had on them. That means if something important was in your house you could not even try to go get it. The Cherokees had to start from scratch, they had a big community and they had to leave it. On the trail many Cherokees died of starvation or got sick. This is what happened to the Cherokee tribe when the Cherokees met the Europeans.

The Cherokee tribe has many unique ceremonies. The main ceremony was called the winter spruce dance. The women wore turtle shells and dresses. The men wore their normal clothing and made offerings to a sacred fire. While the men did that the women waved sticks that part of the dance is called the pigeon dance. One unique thing about this ceremony is that it was held over the course of three nights and had many dances and feasts every night.&nbsp; This is what the Cherokees did in the winter spruce dance