The word Cherokee comes from a Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech." In their own language the Cherokee called themselves the Aniyunwiya or "principal people" or the Keetoowah‚ "people of Kituhwa." The Cherokee are perhaps one of the most interesting of Native American Groups. Their life and culture are closely intertwined with early American settlers and the history of our own nation ’s struggle for freedom. In the interest of promoting tolerance and peace‚ and with
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Cherokee Way of Living In the beginning Cherokee Indians were called Aniyunwiya Indians. They were the largest Native American Tribe. They lived in southeastern North America; George‚ Kentucky‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Virginia and Tennessee. They were very friendly. In the early 1800’s they were forced to leave George‚ Kentucky‚ South Carolina‚ Virginia and Tennessee because of President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy. The Cherokee Indians called their journey the Trail of Tears
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abstract shapes to faces stamped onto the outside of the pottery‚ which was something that the Cherokee did not adopt (Williams et all. 1998). The Cherokee Indians stuck to the various curvature and angled designs stamped on the outside of their vessel (Fariello 2013). It is thought that the Swift Creek were using ceramics as a source for rituals to give reverence to their God or to nature‚ in which in Cherokee culture‚ they used pottery to store water‚ grains‚ and preserve heirloom seeds for the upcoming
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“Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation” The great Cherokee Nation that had fought the young Andrew Jackson back in 1788 now faced an even more powerful and determined man who was intent on taking their land. But where in the past they had resorted to guns‚ tomahawks‚ and scalping knives‚ now they chose to challenge him in a court of law. They were not called a ’civilized nation’ for nothing. Many of their leaders were well educated; many more could read and write; they had their own written
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was on his people. Its ironic‚ even as hard as Jackson pushed and deceived the Cherokee‚ the Cherokee people in turn pushed back‚ but past the point of being rational. Some of these individual efforts worsened the outcome for the whole tribe. Jackson’s manipulative ways of handling this situation in office and out of office forced the Cherokee to make hard decisions‚ and I feel like these decision makers for the Cherokee failed miserably. The reason behind the lack of attack on Jackson is quite obvious
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Gerardo Mateos TA: Vineeta Chand Lin 1-Sec A06 17 May 2004 Cherokee: An Endangered Language In the United States‚ an emphasize in learning the dominant language‚ English for example‚ can inevitably put other languages within the country in extinction. In reality‚ there are many other spoken languages in the United Sates‚ like those spoken by Native Americans‚ that are becoming endangered because of the immensity of more used languages. One may ask‚ what is an endangered language? According
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The Cherokee were horticulturalists supplementing this with foraging. Cherokee were matrilineal‚ with strict divisions of labor as women working on the gardens and taking care of the children while the men did the hunting and gathering. The plants they planted mostly were corn and beans. The Cherokee were mostly egalitarian and disliked controversy. They believed everything had a spiritual connection and had power‚ when the men went gathering and hunting the men had to perform rituals to appease
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The Cherokee culture has changed dramatically from their pre-European contact to present day. Over that time‚ they overcame many challenges and tragedies but resulted in a strong and prosperous community and had made them one of the most well-known and admired Native American tribes of today. Prior to European contact The Cherokee nation was a vast‚ covering most of the south-eastern region of what is now known as the United States from West Virginia‚ down the coast to North Carolina and South
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The Cherokee nation is one of the many North American native cultures directly affected by the European white settlers. Even in ancient times‚ they were a very civilized and progressive people. Their culture was mainly agrarian‚ but focused around ceremonies‚ music‚ art‚ and games. Prior to the arrival of the Europeans‚ “the Cherokee history was passed down orally from generation to generation” (The Cherokee Nation). They adapted to the white settlers by embracing their “formal education‚ developing
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the Land is Important to the Cherokee Nation Abstract Most of us have learnt about the Trail of Tears as an event in American history‚ but not many of us have ever explored why the removal of the Indians to the West was more than an issue of mere land ownership. Here‚ the meaning and importance of land to the original Cherokee Nation of the Southeastern United States is investigated. American land was seen as a way for white settlers to profit‚ but the Cherokee held the land within their hearts
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