The Cherokee Indian Tribe, the largest integrated tribe in existence, controlled areas in the southeastern United States. They were divided into red and white towns and lived in log cabins, supporting their villages through hunting and agriculture. They allied with the British during the French and Indian War but were later expelled from their homelands, […]
The Eastern Cherokee Indians are a Native American tribe in North Carolina, descended from Cherokee who refused relocation to Oklahoma in the 1830s. They have their own language, government, and practice original Cherokee ceremonies. The tribe has a land trust and funds its government through various sources. The Cherokee speak Tsalagi and have a language […]
The Cherokee Indian Nation is a large Native American tribe based in Oklahoma, made up of Cherokee people, African-American slaves, and the Natchez people. They have a democratic government with autonomous authority and determine citizenship through the 1893 Dawes Rolls. The government has a three-branch system and has faced political crises in the past. The […]
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have a history dating back 11,000 years, with stories of hunting mastodons and using powerful bows to hunt deer, elk, and bear. They once ruled over 140,000 square miles and farmed the Three Sisters. There was a harmonious interaction with Europeans until broken treaties and the Trail of Tears […]
The American Cherokee Indians are the largest remaining tribe of Native Americans with approximately 350,000 members located in North Carolina and Oklahoma. They were considered one of the five “civilized” tribes due to their sophisticated ways of life. The Trail of Tears forced the Cherokee from their southeast homeland to Oklahoma, resulting in the death […]
The Cherokee Indians settled in North Georgia, North and South Carolina, and East Tennessee, but were eventually relocated to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Their government had a civilian and military division, and their religion centered on celestial objects. They used scouts to prevent ambush during war and commonly used bows and arrows, knives, […]
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited the southeastern United States, but now over 200,000 live in northeastern Oklahoma. Key events in their history include meeting Europeans in the 1500s, the Treaty of Paris, the Treaty of Holston, and the Trail of Tears. Sequoyah created a writing system for the Cherokee language in 1819. The Cherokee Indians […]
The Cherokee language is the only Southern Iroquoian language still spoken in the US. Sequoyah invented the Cherokee written language syllabary in the early 19th century. The language is polysynthetic and has two surviving dialects. Efforts are being made to preserve the language. The Cherokee language is the only Southern Iroquoian language still spoken in […]
