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The Cherokee group
By: Joseph, Miranda, Joci
Environment:
Geographic location:
● Southeast United States:
● Present day: Tennessee,
Virginia, Kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama
By:Joseph
Environment
Physical features:
● Appalachian Mountains
● Ohio River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River,
Wabash River,
● Elevation: 500-1,000ft., 1,000 -2,000 ft., 2,000 5,000ft., A tiny bit of 10,000 Ft.
● Cumberland Plateau
● Piedmont Plateau
● many caves
By:Joseph, Joci and Miranda
Environment:
Climate:
● hot and wet summer
● mild and damp winter
● 40-80 inches of rain a year
Natural Resources:
● Animals: deer, bear, fish and turkey
● Oil, Coal
By:Joseph, Joci, and Miranda
Environment
Vegetation:
● corn, wheat, rice, squash, beans, potatoes, melons,
pumpkins, berries, nuts, fruits, greens and herbs
● Forests with mixed broadleaf trees: Maples, Oaks,
Birches, Sycamores and Cottonwoods
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Tools that they use:
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fishing hooks carved from bone
spears
bows and arrows
traps made of wood
handwoven nets made from plant fibers
blow guns made out of river cane
darts made out of locust wood
needles made of bone
tomahawk for war
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Tools that they use continued:
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baskets made from cane stalks
hoes made from flat stones, sticks and leather
mats made from cane stalks
pots, jars and bowls made from clay
canoes and pipes made from wood
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Why did they need these tools:
● to get food
● to make clothing
● for fighting and war
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Who made these tools?
● Men made tools and weapons
● Women made baskets, hoe, mats, pots,
bowls, and jars
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Other important information about tools
● They used darts to catch rabbits and deer
● A favorite tool for chipping arrowheads
into their shape was the deer antler
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Shelter
● The Cherokee have 2 different homes, a
Winter home and a Summer home
● Cherokee villages are arranged with the
Council House in the middle of the village
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What was the shelter made of ?
● The Summer home was made of logs,
twitch grass, saplings, and bamboo-like
cane grass
● The Winter home was made of thick mud
walls, and had a fire in the center of the
house
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Who was responsible for
building the house ?
● The Whole Family
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What the House looked Like
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Hay roof, bark shingles
clay walls
no windows
smoke hole on the roof
small doorway covered in animal skin
Circle Shaped
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Food
What Kinds Of Food The
Cherokee Ate
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Plants: Plums, Berries, Mushrooms, Grapes,
Wild Potatoes, Wild Greens, Nuts, Corn, Beans,
Squash, Sunflower Seeds, Honey, Maple Syrup
Animals: Deer, Elk, Beer, Buffalo, Birds, Squirrels,
Frogs, Fish, Mussels, Crayfish, Rabbits,
Groundhogs
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How The Cherokee Got Their
Food:
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Arrows, Bows
Blow Guns
Traps
Fishing
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Who Got/Cooked The Food
● Men/Boys Hunted the food
● Women/Girls grew the food and cooked it
● The Cherokee used fire to cook the food
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Clothing
Cherokee Clothing
● All the clothes were made from animal
skins
● Children under 8 wore no clothes at all
● Women and older girls wore deerskin
skirts wrapped around their waists
By:Miranda
Clothes continued
● Men and older boys wore deerskin shirts
and breechclouts
● In Winter men wore animal skins, such as
bear, panther, and beaver.
● The fur from the skin would be in the
inside of the clothes to make it warm
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Clothing continued continued
● In the Winter girls wore skirts made of
buffalo calfskin
● Also they wore deerskin shirts decorated
with small turkey feathers
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Who made the clothes?
● The women made the clothes
● Needles were made of bone to sew
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Clothing decorations
● Boys and girls also used shell beads,
stone disks, porcupine quills, and
animal hair to decorate clothes.
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What kind of jewelry was worn?
● Women wore necklaces, bracelets, and
anklets
● They made their jewelry from shells,
seeds, bone, animal teeth, stones, and
feathers.
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Jewelry for men!
● Men wore armbands made of leather or
copper
● Men also used hair decorations such as
feathers
By: Miranda
Bibliography
1. Santella Andrew, The Cherokee, Scholastic Library
Publishing, 2001
2. Bial, Raymond, The Cherokee, Marshall Cavendish
Corporation, 1999
3. Roop Peter, Connie Roop, If You lived With The
Cherokee, Scholastic Inc., 1998