The Choctaw Tribe

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.

The tribe lived in thatched houses before which were grass huts shaped like beehives. They had a communal way of life in their permanent habitations. When men went to hunt they build temporary shelters from buffalo hides. Before the modern times, the men dressed in breech clothes and occasionally putting on leather chaps to act as leg protection. Their hair was cut in traditional Mohawk or complete shaving of hair and wore single long tassel of hair on the top of the head. Women kept long hair styled in a bum or braid. They wore wrap around skirts and ponchos. In the modern times traditional dress and face paints are only reserved

Like the Oneida, the Cherokee men were the hunters and the women were the farmers. Although the women did most of the farming, the entire Cherokee community would come together to plant and harvest the big fields of corn, pumpkins, beans, gourds, and potatoes. The women would keep personal gardens outside their homes to have fast growing corn and other produce that they could quickly use to make a meal. The Cherokee were famous for the many dishes that they made with corn. They made breads, soups, used corn as a side dish, and used it in stew. Corn was a necessity in the Cherokee community.

Our ancestors came from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The Chickasaw Tribe is located in south-central Oklahoma with the headquarters being in Ada. They were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s. This removal from there to here is called the Trail of Tears. My paternal great great grandmother was a small child when she came on this removal. This journey was very costly and many young children and elderly died while coming to Oklahoma,

In addition, each group was descended from a very large and powerful tribe that had occupied their land before them. The Mississippi River tribes of the 1400s were descended from the powerful tribe of Cahokia, or the mound-builders. When Cahokia began to decline in the 1350s (possibly due to climate change, more specifically a sudden drop in temperature), the group formed subdivisions with different leaders who fought for power over the large tribe. Eventually, many of these subgroups moved to different parts of the river with their families and a few others, forming small villages of 500 to 2,000 people. The result was many Mississippi River tribes living near each other, but not necessarily in harmony with each other. Though these groups would trade with each other and were not openly hostile, they never managed to regain the unity that the Cahokia tribe had possessed, and that the Pueblo had as well. The unity of the Pueblo tribes is due at least in part to the powerful tribe that existed before them, as well. While the Cahokia devolved into many separate tribes, creating a power struggle that fractured the formerly strong tribe into several small rival tribes, the group who had occupied the land where the Pueblos lived, the Anasazi, seemed to have abandoned their home entirely. So when the Pueblo began to move in, they could start from scratch and grow together. They had no history with each other, and so could form mutually beneficial relationships without the prejudices held by the former members of the Cahokia tribe. Though the Pueblo people were subdivided into many different tribes, the tribes were on good terms and stayed connected through a variety of factors, leading to a more developed sense of unity than the Mississippi River Valley tribes

The main way Cherokees could be considered “civilized” was to accept Christianity. The U.S. government sent missionaries into Indian Territory to build schools. At these schools though they not only taught literature, math, and English, but they also taught young Cherokees how to read using the Bible and

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.

The Chumash hunted, gathered, fished and traded. They traded herbs, baskets, tools, etcetera with other tribes.

The Cherokee tribe is known as one of the earliest and largest Indian tribe in North America. They are federally recognized even today among several states(museum). While they slowly became Americanized by the Europeans who came over to America, some still practice their typical Indian rituals publicly today. Most converted to Christianity and their government in Oklahoma is based off the American government with three branches. One would believe that the Trail of Tears could have completely vanquished these Indians but many made it through the horrendous trial and kept the Indian bloodline going even present day (Conley).

The Choctaw were the first tribe to be encouraged to located to Indian Territory after the 1820 Treaty of Doak’s Stand. The Choctaw that did decide to move to Indian Territory peacefully found that many white settlers were living on the land that was promised to them. The Choctaw Boundary Treaty helped to get rid of the white settlers and establish a boundary in what is now Oklahoma. The Choctaw that stayed behind in the Mississippi area were starting to realize that removal was the only way to survive, due to the State laws and government favoring the whites. In 1830 The Choctaw gave away all of their land and made their way to Indian Territory. On November 1st 1831, the Choctaw started their journey. Roads became rough due to heavy

I picked the Chinook tribe, which is a northwestern tribe located around the columbian river, or today's Washington and Oregon. The land and climate really defined how the Chinook people lived and is why it’s defined as a folk culture. The Chinook tribe is around large forests that the tribe uses to build canoes and large houses. The Chinook tribe would build these large houses and many people could live inside, these houses were made out of red cedar a tree that was very abundant in the area. The Climate where the Chinook tribe located was very harsh but easy at times. The climate existed of very rainy seasons with very hot seasons that defined what the Chinook tribe would wear. The Chinook tribe would wear little to nothing on the hot

The Cherokee were also very clever. They believed everything resource had a spiritual meaning.cherokees did not see themselves separate from the environment they were actually pretty close with it. They didn't try to overpower nature in any shape or form. The story states that the Cherokee didn't believe in a higher power besides nature

I chose to research the Oneida Nation Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Elderly Heath Care. Here is a little background on the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. They are located in Brown and Outagamie Counties. They are descendants of an indigenous Iroquoian-speaking nation that arose in the present-day central-western New York. The Oneida Tribe is a sovereign government. Oneida means “long awaited” and they spoke Oneida. Lastly, they have three clans: Turtle, Bear, and Wolf Clan. The Turtle Clan represents the shifting of the earth and the cycles of the moon. The people of this clan represent the well of information and the keepers of the land. The Bear Clan known as Medicine people, the healers. There are stories passed down about how the Bear

They called themselves because of the tattooed marks around their eyes. They wore clothes made of tanned hides, which the women prepared and sewed. The woman also decorated dresses in elk teeth. Men the Wichita were very skilled hunters they would gather food for food and for the woman to use as clothing. In the winter, they hunted American bison in a seasonal hunt and left their villages behind.

The onondaga tribe is one of the most interesting tribes in the world. They do all sorts of interesting things. They have a lot of location. They have some traditions. Last they have a lot of present-day facts.