The history of the Cheyenne Most people see Indians as mean‚ cruel‚ nasty people who speak a weird language but the Cheyenne are just the opposite. This tribe lived in the American Great Plains region in the state of Wyoming. Where the grass covered the prairies with some streams and rivers is where you would find the Cheyenne hunting and living their lives. Where they settled is were you would see children playing and their mothers building tepees and making clothes were as there fathers are hunting
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Gerardo Mateos TA: Vineeta Chand Lin 1-Sec A06 17 May 2004 Cherokee: An Endangered Language In the United States‚ an emphasize in learning the dominant language‚ English for example‚ can inevitably put other languages within the country in extinction. In reality‚ there are many other spoken languages in the United Sates‚ like those spoken by Native Americans‚ that are becoming endangered because of the immensity of more used languages. One may ask‚ what is an endangered language? According
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It was the Cherokee survival spirit and perseverance that let them still be part of the united states territory. Since the 16th century when the European explorers came to North America‚ they had identified the Cherokee tribe as one of the most cultural and socially advanced of the Native American tribes. Cherokee is a powerful tribe from the Iroquoian family‚ located at the Southeastern side of the United States. Did you know that more than 819‚105 Americans claimed to have Cherokee ancestry in
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History of the Cherokee Indians: Growth to Reduction of the tribes Mary Ruef Axia College University of Phoenix I would like to provide you with some information regarding the Cherokee Indians. I am one quarter Cherokee Indian. My grandmother is full blooded Cherokee and may mother is one half Cherokee. Cherokee comes from a creek word “Cherokee” meaning “people of a different speech” (Cherokee history 1996). There are 561 officially recognized Indian tribes in the United
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Culture Four and seven are very important numbers to the Cherokee tribe. Four represents the cardinal directions which include north east south west and in addition three others exist the upper world the lower world and the center where we live seven represents the seven clans of the Cherokee (anigilohi (Long Hair)‚ anisahoni (Blue)‚ aniwaya(Wolf)‚ anigotegewi (Wild Potato)‚ aniawi (Deer)‚ anitsisqua (Bird)‚ and aniwodi (Paint)) it also represents the height of purity and sacredness which was hard
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Creation of Wiccan stones Long ago there lived this boy named Terminus‚ one day while walking through the woods a hole opened out of nowhere the hole had steps leading down to the bottom. He wanted to see what was down there so he went down the steps. When he got to the bottom he saw a line of glowing colorful rocks‚ he went to pick up the first rock which was bright red and a ghost like woman named Trish appeared. Trish told Terminus that she’s been waiting for the day to finally meet him and that
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During the Cherokee removal period‚ many Cherokees stood up to express their opinions on this conflict. Most of the Cherokee members were against this act and furiously fought back against Congress’s decision. However‚ there were some who have other ideas about the Cherokee Nation’s future – they believed it was better for them to move. Regardless of different opinions‚ the Cherokees never stopped to advocate for themselves. Throughout the removal period‚ political leaders of the United States sometimes
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1/28 The Iroquois Creation Story: (17) * The Good Mind and The Bad Mind are the two main characters who were twins born by a woman that inhabited the universe * The woman drops down into the lower earth and sits on a turtle to give birth * The turtle changes into an island with sparse vegetation before her birth * While the baby was in the womb‚ the evil twin came out from underneath the mother’s arm causing her to die‚ “the bad mind” * The Good Mind creates the sun and moon
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The Cherokee Removal directs attention to an assortment of documents presenting several important themes and main points such as the discussions within the Cherokee Nation‚ Georgia’s role in pressurizing the Cherokees off the land and settlers pleading to the US government to remove them by way of force. The "civilizing" of the Cherokees (their adoption of European culture)‚ the national debate between promoters and opponents of expulsion‚ and a brief look at the deportation itself are all discussed
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The clanship is matrilineal in the Cherokee society‚ which means it is forbidden to marry within one’s own clan and not only that but since the woman is the one who holds the clan of the family‚ she is to be represented at the ceremony by both her mother (or even by the clan mother‚ depending
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