Facts on the Cherokee tribe

Facts About The Cherokee Tribe

• The Indians ate corn, squash, beans, deer, elk, fish, and bear.
• They lived in round houses made of wood and plastered in mud and grass with roofs made of bark.
• The Cherokee men wore breechcloth which was a piece of deerskin that passed between the legs and tied with a belt.
• Women wore deerskin tops and skirts.
• The Cherokee’s had their own language
• The Cherokee’s held special events like the Green Corn, Harvest, and Strawberry.
• In the Cherokee tribe has equal rights for woman and men.
• Trail of Tears is when Andrew Jackson made the Cherokee tribe move to Oklahoma and more then 4,000 Cherokee died.
• The Shaman is like the priest and the medicine man in the Cherokee tribe.
• The Cherokee tribe had their own game called Hoop and Pole that’s a game that men and boys played to gain skill.
• The Cherokee tribe painted themselves bright colors for wars.
• They farmed a lot of plants but mostly corn.• The Cherokee tribe hunted with arrows and blowguns.
Today facts

• The Cherokee tribe is the largest tribe today