Native American History, Tribes Of Native Americans

Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional songs, dances, and food.

Before 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, there were many tribes living in North America. Two equally similar and different ones were the Iroquois tribe and the Cherokee tribe. On one hand, they are similar because of their geographies and their economies. On the other hand, they are different because of their cultures and religious beliefs.

Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.

1)Paleo-Indians, the first Americans lived in bands of fifteen to fifty people, and traveled within their territory to hunt. Archaic Indians experienced a warming climate. One of the results of the warming climate was better hunting. Forest grew larger with a greater variety of plants and animals. The changes allowed some Indians to reside in permanent homes. The ample supply of food allowed more peoples to live on less acreage. The weather also allowed for specialization of caring for plants; this was the beginning of controlling crops to better supply the people.

Native American, or American Indians, have a rich culture comprised of struggle, strife and success. For this paper, i will discuss the Native American Culture and it's history.

Every country and nation has they own special festivals and music, and Native American is no exception. First, the native music related many aspects such as ritual, life and work. They like to combine music with dance, and the Native American music always created rich percussion instruments. For example, the hand drum, log drum, water drum and rattle, etc. Powwow is an important festival and ritual for the Native American, and it is a symbol for the tradition culture of Native Indians. Powwow, is a social gathering by the Native American tribes, and they singing and dancing. Powwow is not only a method that the Native American expresses the enthusiasm of the life and peace, but also enhances the sense of identity and cohesion. Hence,

The early Native American tribes had a huge influence on the United States of America. They saved the early European settlers from death and starvation by teaching them their knowledge of the New World. One of these influential tribes were the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee Indians had a fascinating culture and language that formed an important part of American history.

In the tradition of Native American culture, there is no custom of written records of personal life or tribal history. Even though they have written language, the major way to record history is by oral storytelling. Those stories focus more about creation time, tribal and family history rather than individual life. Recording autobiography from different Native American tribes is a convention way for anthropologists to preserve the Indian traditions, which gradually decline and lost after Native American contact with Western culture. Moreover, the autobiographies of Native American individuals also fulfill the public curiosity about their culture. Nevertheless, the culture differences create the confusion and misunderstand in the written records. For the people does not familiar, and understand the Indian cosmology, the autobiography provides us as a tool to reveal the secret veil of Native American. In the same time, it leads a certain degree of deduction about the narrator original meaning.

Before the invasion of the European settlers the Cherokee had their own agricultural methodology. The Cherokee cultivated soil in order to encourage the growth of certain plant species that they need for their healing rituals. Because there was no record keeping in the tribes prior to the settlers there is no real documentation of the practices in agriculture that the Cherokee took part in. There is, however, a journal that was kept by a Spanish explorer that mentioned the cultivation of beans, corn (maize), and squash. However, upon further inspection it can be concluded that the main

A kind of American jeep called Cherokee, which is the source for the brave Cherokee. Cherokee is one of the most gallant tribe in native American tribes, and they are never afraid of the unknown challenge. Courage and confidence make them achieve a good development in contemporary society. Today the Cherokee Nation has become an active leader in so many parts of social production, such as education, housing, clothing, economic development ,and so on. According to the demographic census in 2000, Cherokee is approved by the US federal the indigenous people of the largest one.

The subsections of the chapter efficaciously organize the information on Native American culture; one section titled Native American Diversity and Complexity briefly overviews the similarities in culture among Native American tribes: “…kin-based bands of hunters and gatherers…economic and social systems were adapted to the ecosystems they inhabited…extremely productive farmers…” These lines indicate that Native American societies were very primitive and shared aspects similar to those of early civilizations. Further in the reading, in the section titled Sacred Power, the author includes some religious facts on the tribes. “Most Native North Americans were animists…their rituals appeased guardian spirits that could ensure successful hunts and other forms of good fortune.” This means that the tribes were most likely religion-based societies. For every important event, such as invading another tribe or going on a hunting trip; the Natives would have a corresponding spirit to appease for good fortune. In addition, the reading also includes some information pertaining to the status of women. “Throughout the eastern woodlands, as in most of North America, women tended crops, gathered plants, and oversaw affairs within the community; while men were responsible for activities beyond it, especially hunting, fishing, and warfare.” This

Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains had to have been part of one of four tribes. The four tribes were the Cheyenne, the Lakota, the Osage, or the Pawnee. The region in which they lived was the Mid-West, areas in which we now call Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc. The weather area is very harsh, considering the tornadoes and other absurd weather conditions. Since there are many tornadoes in those areas, they had to figure out a way to make extremely sturdy houses. Their main source of food on this flat land was hunting. They would hunt deer, elk, buffalo, bear, and wild turkey. Most of the tribes had their own language, two of which being Siouan, which was for the Osage tribe and Caddoan, which was for the Pawnee tribe. Some of the

As a young kid, I grew up knowing about my ancestry on my dad’s side of the family. I had always known that I had some family that was Native American. But as I grew up, I would tell my friends about the Tribe I am apart of, but hardly anybody believe me because I didn’t look like a Native American. Later, when I was older, people would ask if I lived in a Teepee or on a reservation. I always felt that it was fair to make assumptions like this or to not believe me when I said I was Native American even though I don’t look it.

The Iroquois are a Native American tribe but actually its six tribes that all merged together that it created one big tribe. The names of the original tribes that merged into the Iroquois are called the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Seneca. The Iroquois lived in the northeastern part of the United States. They mostly farmed but they did fish and hunt. One thing I liked was that the left the settlement when the soil got bad.

Starting in the 1400s, the Native American tribe called the Dineh occupied the territories of now Arizona and New Mexico. In their language, Dineh means “the people”, in which they call their homeland Dinetah. They got the name Navajo from the Spanish so that they wouldn 't get confused with the Apache tribe, for they looked very much alike. The Navajo had a unique lifestyle and focused on art, religion, and farming. They had many conflicts with their neighbors and especially the United States Army. When they were relocated to different parts of the South, they had the integrity and unification to presume their traditions, especially their art and religion.