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Cherokee Native Americans

Ally Skelton

Clay Rosser

Emma Grace Wooten

Ashley Collins

Ryan Fordham

Habitat• Cherokee Indians lived in the Southern Appalachian

mountains.• They lived in beautiful villages along riverbanks. • You could find the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee, Northern

Georgia, and Alabama.

Homes• Cherokee Indians lived in log houses

• Before the Europeans arrived the Cherokee Indians lived in

an area of the south Eastern which is today the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennesse

Clothing• The Indians wore capes made out of rabbit fur, wolf fur and

deer skin.• The Cherokee Indians clothes were made out of deerskin

and plant that were woven and then the women made there clothing.

• The men painted and tatooed there body for hunts and fights.

Food• The Cherokee Indians grew corn ,beans, lower

squash,pumpkin and sunflower seeds. • The women picked the food. • The Cherokee Indian also hunted animals such as deer,

rabbit, turkey, even bear.

CustomsThey had great care for nature and they asked the spirits of the sun, moon, stars, plants, animals and elements to help them in chants moving around a fire.

Tools and Weapons They had traps ,bow and arrow

Art• They wove baskets made out of grass. They had deer skin

masks.

Interesting Facts• The Cherokee Indians had a flag with yellow stars and a

orange background. A man named Sequoia invented the Indian alphabet. The Cherokee Indians never built totem poles like the other Native American tribes. The Indians became fishermen, gathers and hunters.