Cherokee Tribes

A detailed Summary of 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

„h Seven counselors who represent the seven clans.

„h Chief war speaker. (ska li lo ski )

„h The chief's messenger. (A tsi nu sti)

„h Warrior that carries the battle flag. (Ka ta ta ka nehi)

„h The woman who warmed water to wash the chief. (A ke yu gu sta)

„h Seven war counselors to order acts of war.

When a village chief is warned that the enemy was approaching, he sent a messenger along with sacred tobacco painted red to the Great chief and his counselors. After getting the message and discussing the matter, if they decided that there was not a threat they would send back the tobacco. If they decided that there was real danger, the tobacco was smoked and word was sent throughout the nation. If the war was a war of revenge the great war chief and his assistant met and talked about the situation and circumstances. After this discussion the great war chief took a gourd rattle and walk in front of his house shaking it and shouting a war call four times. After he did this he went inside and handed the gourd rattle to his assistant who repeated the same ritual. People who saw or heard the war call spread the word throughout the village. As soon as the warriors got word they quickly assembled at the great chief's house. Meanwhile messengers were sent to other Cherokee village chiefs of war. These war chiefs performed the same rituals that alerted the warriors to assemble. Women were appointed to prepare food for the men in the war party. Warriors carried their own food and armor, arrows and bows. After each village had its warriors assembled they set out for the great war chiefs house in the nations capital.

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