Cherokee Tribes
The Cherokee Indians were one of the civilized tribes in the United States. They were located in the southeastern part of the U.S. This includes the western parts of North and South Carolina, The northern parts of Alabama and Georgia, Southwest Virginia and the Cumberland basin of Tennessee. It appears the Cherokee settled in 1000 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Their development took place in to stages or phases. The Pisgah which took place 1300 A.D. to 1540 A.D. and the Qualla which took place 1540 A.D. to 1750 A.D. The first period was primitive and the second was influenced by European contact. They were a large tribe that was part of the Iroquian language group even though their language is very different. Despite this the Cherokee developed written language due to contact with the white men. They were very interested in learning the white men ways. Although there is a lot written about the Cherokee and Europeans, the focus here will be Cherokee life including daily life, marriage, government, and war. Cherokee villages consisted of groups of relatives that included members of at least four clans. They grew crops outside their villages. There were also some fields inside the villages. Each family had a marked section of the field. Both m . . .
(Ka ta ta ka nehi) „h Chief war priest for healing those injured (Ku ni ko ti) and his three or more assistants. Once a couple is married then they can focus on having children. (Ti kv no tsi li ski) „h The council of elder or beloved man. Warriors carried their own food and armor, arrows and bows. 1 Divorce did happen but was a rare occurrence. For example, The giver had to drop the object and then the receiver could pick it up. „h The priest who carried the ark which contained the sacred fire. Women were appointed to prepare food for the men in the war party. „h Lesser officers which included drummers, cooks, fire tenders, and wood gatherers. If a man wants to marry a certain woman he has to ask both his and her parents for their permission. Since this was a matrilineal society a father of a family could not punish his own children because they are from a different clan. These war chiefs performed the same rituals that alerted the warriors to assemble. All that had to be done was the dividing of blankets.
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