The Cherokees pgs. 9596

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The Cherokees - pgs. 95-96
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Where did they live?

• The Cherokees made their homes in the rich river
  valleys of the southern Appalachian Mountains.

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What did they grow?

• They grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins,
  sunflowers, and tobacco.
• They also gathered wild plants from the forest.
• What did they hunt?
• They hunted squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, bears,
  and deer.
• They fished in the many streams and rivers in the
  Appalachian Mountains.

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A Cherokee Home

• Most Cherokee families had two houses.

small
Winter House
Cone-shaped
Box-shaped
large
Covered with earth
Summer House
Bark roof
Grass or clay walls
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Winter House
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Summer House
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Cherokee Villages

• Several families of the same clan lived together.
• Cherokee houses often as many as 300 to 400
  were built close together to form villages.
• At the center of each village was a temple built
  on a high, flat-topped mound.

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Cherokee Government

• Leaders, called chiefs, governed each village.
• Each village was part of a larger confederation.
• A confederation was a group of connected
  villages.
• A confederation could have as many as 100
  villages.

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War !

• One of the most talked about issues in the
  confederation was war.
• Most villages had high wooden fences made of logs
  to keep out enemies.