The unauthorized biography

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The unauthorized biography-
The Cherokee

• We are a separate people!.

By Sam
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Homes and Villages

• The Cherokees dwelled in villages of 30 to 60
  houses. The most important house, the town house,
  was located in the center of the village.

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Homes and Villages

• The Cherokee had two kinds of houses, a summer
  house and a winter house.
• The winter house was round and had one room.
• The summer house was square and had three rooms.
  

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Food

• The Cherokees prepared corn in many different
  styles.
• The Cherokees stored food underground in winter
  so that it would not go bad.

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Clothing

• Children wore little if nothing at all.
• The women wore apron like skirts and leather
  moccasins.
• The men wore loin clothes over their lower torso.

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Clothing

• After the white men came the Cherokees started to
  wear cotton outfits.

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Location and Environment

• The Cherokees inhabited the rugged southern
  Allegheny in addition to the great Smokey
  Mountains.

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Weapons for Hunting and Fighting

• Men hunted animals with spears, blowguns and
  bows.
• The men fought at a distance using bows and guns.
  They also wielded hatchets, spears, and stone
  knives with great skill.

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Customs, Beliefs, and Religion

• The first Cherokees were Kanat and Selu
• (Lucky Hunter and corn).
• The Cherokees felt that the world had to be kept
  in balance, so they held dances to keep that
  balance.

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Roles of Men

• The men played a key role in tribal survival.
• They hunted, fished, and had governmental
  control.

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Roles of Women

• Most women did housework because they owned the
  property.
• They also helped the men harvest the crops.
  
  

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Roles of Children

• At age eleven, children were taught tribal
  etiquette, like ignoring hunger and pain and
  respect for elders.

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Leadership and Government

• All villages had a chief who was assisted by a
  right hand man and a speaker.

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Arts and Crafts

• Cherokee women made spectacular crafts which
  caught the eye of many white men.
• The Cherokees used a booger mask to mock their
  enemies.

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Interactions with Europeans

• The white man introduced guns and cloth outfits
  to the Cherokees.
• The Cherokees first interactions with Europeans
  were the Spaniards lead by Coronado Desoto.

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Interactions with Europeans

• When gold was found in Cherokee lands, the
  Cherokee were removed from their original
  territory.

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Bibliography

• Sneeve, Virginia. The Cherokees. New York NY
  F.Hilmer, 1996.
• Landau, Elaine. The Cherokees. New York, NY F.
  Watts, 1992.
• Lucas, Eilane The Cherokees, Brookfield MA ,
  Millbrook Press.
• Online live clip art gallery
• The Cherokee online

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THE END
By Sam