NATIVE AMERICANS:Families-where they live and language. Families broken down furtherInto tribes.

Family-Iroquoian Tribe-CherokeeFamily-Muskogean Tribe-Alabama, Apalachee,Choctaw,

Chickasaw,Creek,SeminoleYamasee

Creek-people with different language. 1826 Congress ordered west. 14 tribes. Upper and Lower Creek.Cherokee-real people. 1838 Congress ordered west to tracts of unsed land called reservations.

Trail of Tears:Cherokee walked through TN,KY,IL,MI,AR, and OK. 17,000 began about 4,000 died.

LIFE IN THE SOUTHEAST:GOVERNMENT:Chiefs-leaders of tribe. Council-elders of the tribe. Discuss village life. Women could be on council and often cast deciding vote. Two groups civil and war. Different clans.

Powwows-festival for trading,socializing, and dancing.Shaman-kept tribal legends and rituals alive and passed down.Medicine Man-special powers to heal the sick and see the future.

VILLAGE:Earthlodge-log,mud, and grass homes. Small one for the winter. One for the summer. Pit house-in the middle pit with rocks to make steam for cooking and warmth.Summer house open and cool. NO TEEPEES Along streams.Village surrounded by walls for protection. Beds were animal skin.Girls-deer for grace and beauty. Boys panther for strength.

FAMILY:Simple marriage ceremonies. Could divorce. Children belong to the mothers tribe. Children worked.Boys: Girls:-Hunting,- farming -weave baskets-Traders,- make tools & weapons -grind corn,- cook,- spun cloth-Plant,- chop trees,- carpenters -gather nuts & berries

-gather firewood & waterGreen Corn Ceremony.

TRANSPORTATION:Horse Canoe Walking

WEAPONS: bow and arrows, spears, axes, war clubs, blowguns and darts.

Sequoyah

“lonely lame one” crippled illness or accident?

Alphabet for Cherokee. 12 years 85 symbols.

Easy to learn took about 6 months.

First indian newspaper the Cherokee Phoenix “I will rise” 1828.

Newspaper was in both Cherokee and English.

New Echota is new Cherokee capital.

CLOTHING:Males: buckskin breechcloths, buckskin pants,leggings, moccasinsFemale: buckskin shirts and capes, moccasins, beaded jewelry

Woven cloth, feathers, both long hair used combs made of bone antlers. Men shaved heads. Shells were tweezers and razors.Red feathers warrior.

FOOD:Deer, squirrel,raccoons,fish,rabbit,quail,turkey, 3 different types of corn (maize) prepared 42 different ways. Squash,beans,vegetables, berries,nuts,fruits. Never ate raw meat it was stewed,bbq, dried,or smoked. 60% diet was plants.

RELIGION:All nature had spirits. Many different gods. Different animals were sacred (wolf/rattlesnake, albino) Reincarnation, burial mounds,Legends and myths.

CHILDHOOD:-First four days if not healthy mom would kill baby.-Nursed until 6 years old.-Boys taught by oldest uncle on mother’s side.-Girls taught by the oldest aunt on mother’s side.-Family valued. Elders were respected for wisdom.-Twins were special.

VOCABULARY:Blowgun breechcloth, canoe, chief,Earthlodge family , flint, councilMaize moccasin mound pit housePowwow reincarnation reservation shaman