Brief Summary: The Cherokee Tribe
Cherokee Tribe
ANT 200
September 24, 2013
Samantha Carney & Amanda Vance
Summary The Cherokee tribe splits up into three different tribes; Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Cherokee was one of the first, if not the first non-European ethnic group to become US citizens. This is one of the largest groups with an estimated population of 25,000 members. It is the largest of all of the Southern tribes. The Cherokee Nation had approximately 135,000 of land in North America. Eventually it extended from the Ohio River in the north to what is the state of Alabama to the South today.
Subsistence and Economy These tribes were horticulturalists meaning they raised cereal and veggie crops on a swidden basis and supplementing their subsistence through hunting, fishing, and collecting. For them, raising corn was a spiritual belief. The Cherokee name for corn-“selu”- is also the name of the first women in the Cherokee history. All the villages were surrounded by corn fields …show more content…
and the gardens were surrounded by rivers and streams. As far as economy goes, after the arrival of the Europeans, they began to grow peaches and watermelons acquire through trade. Eventually, cattle were included among their livestock.
Political Organization & Social Structure Cherokee tribes were known as matrilineal family structure.
Inheritance was based on the mother of child so there was no discrimination against children born into the tribe from a non-Cherokee father. Women grew corn, squash, and sweet potatoes. There were seven clans in a tribe and the young the people had to marry outside there clans. Starting in 1756, Cherokee’s were involved in wars between the British and the French as well as wars with other tribes. This started the division of the upper, middle, and lower towns. After Cherokee defeated everything, they concentrated on assimilating American technology and culture. Then, later on, began to farm and live in European style houses. Each town had a council assembling men and women. They would meet in the council house, every night and were all included. Each chief said what needed to be said and then everybody had their opportunity to speak afterwards. Never was there any
democracy.
Religion
There were strong beliefs of certain beings coming from the sky that formed the world, moon, and the stars. The world was created at the time of the new moon of autumn, when the fruits of the earth were ripe. The sun appears to have been the principal object of worship. They pray to the sun to bring abundant crops and good health. Moon festivals were also held to give honor to the moon. Their religious worship is much closed to the Mosiac institution in the Old Testament of the Bible. They believed this sole author of creation was with them and them with God by his blessing of the mankind with animals, plants, and veggie life.
ANT 200
September 24, 2013
Samantha Carney & Amanda Vance
Summary The Cherokee tribe splits up into three different tribes; Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Cherokee was one of the first, if not the first non-European ethnic group to become US citizens. This is one of the largest groups with an estimated population of 25,000 members. It is the largest of all of the Southern tribes. The Cherokee Nation had approximately 135,000 of land in North America. Eventually it extended from the Ohio River in the north to what is the state of Alabama to the South today.
Subsistence and Economy These tribes were horticulturalists meaning they raised cereal and veggie crops on a swidden basis and supplementing their subsistence through hunting, fishing, and collecting. For them, raising corn was a spiritual belief. The Cherokee name for corn-“selu”- is also the name of the first women in the Cherokee history. All the villages were surrounded by corn fields …show more content…
and the gardens were surrounded by rivers and streams. As far as economy goes, after the arrival of the Europeans, they began to grow peaches and watermelons acquire through trade. Eventually, cattle were included among their livestock.
Political Organization & Social Structure Cherokee tribes were known as matrilineal family structure.
Inheritance was based on the mother of child so there was no discrimination against children born into the tribe from a non-Cherokee father. Women grew corn, squash, and sweet potatoes. There were seven clans in a tribe and the young the people had to marry outside there clans. Starting in 1756, Cherokee’s were involved in wars between the British and the French as well as wars with other tribes. This started the division of the upper, middle, and lower towns. After Cherokee defeated everything, they concentrated on assimilating American technology and culture. Then, later on, began to farm and live in European style houses. Each town had a council assembling men and women. They would meet in the council house, every night and were all included. Each chief said what needed to be said and then everybody had their opportunity to speak afterwards. Never was there any
democracy.
Religion
There were strong beliefs of certain beings coming from the sky that formed the world, moon, and the stars. The world was created at the time of the new moon of autumn, when the fruits of the earth were ripe. The sun appears to have been the principal object of worship. They pray to the sun to bring abundant crops and good health. Moon festivals were also held to give honor to the moon. Their religious worship is much closed to the Mosiac institution in the Old Testament of the Bible. They believed this sole author of creation was with them and them with God by his blessing of the mankind with animals, plants, and veggie life.